Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:24:14 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/7] tools lib traceevent: Add alias field to struct format_field |
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On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 05:50:18PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote: > Introduce an 'alias' field to 'struct format_field' to be able > to use alternative name for the field. > > It is initialized with same string pointer as 'name' field. > The free logic checks the 'alias' pointer being reset by user > and frees it. > > This will be handy when converting data into CTF, where each > field within event needs to have a unique name (while this > is not required for tracepoint). Converter can easily assign > unique name into the format_field struct. > > Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-qwyq8blnfkg6s5vlbrvn1en3@git.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Acke-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
-- Steve
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