Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Sep 2018 03:54:46 +0900 | From | Masami Hiramatsu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 8/8] trace: Add alternative synthetic event trace action syntax |
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Hi Tom,
On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:10:46 -0500 Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org> wrote:
> From: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> > > Add a 'trace(synthetic_event_name, params)' alternative to > synthetic_event_name(params). > > Currently, the syntax used for generating synthetic events is to > invoke synthetic_event_name(params) i.e. use the synthetic event name > as a function call. > > Users requested a new form that more explicitly shows that the > synthetic event is in effect being traced. In this version, a new > 'trace()' keyword is used, and the synthetic event name is passed in > as the first argument.
Hmm, what is the advantage of adding this new form?
Thanks,
-- Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
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