Re: [Path -tip 1/3] Tracing/ftrace: Change the type of the print_line callback

["Frédéric Weisbecker" <fweisbec@gmail.com>]

2008/9/29 Pekka Paalanen <pq@iki.fi>:
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:11:15 +0200
> "Frédéric Weisbecker" <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 2008/9/28 Pekka Paalanen <pq@iki.fi>:
>>
>
> [static int print_trace_line(struct trace_iterator *iter)]
>
>> > Shouldn't the return type be bool?
>> > If it's not, reading this function makes me wonder about the conversion
>> > from enum to int, i.e. what is the meaning of the int.
>>
>> Actually it should be enum print_line_t. I forgot to change its type.
>> But we need to check its return value as an enum print_line_t.
>
> Is print_line_t necessary? Does it have to return any other information than
> "this entry was handled somehow" vs. "this entry must be handled later"?
> Currently it's just a flag to say "please flush and retry".


It would just make the code more readable in the read_pipe function.
if (sret == TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE) tells us more than if (!sret).
And it would avoid some tests to return a boolean in print_trace_line.

No?