Re: [PATCH] vfs: Add a trace point in the mark_inode_dirty function

From: Li Zefan
Date: Sun Nov 15 2009 - 19:57:35 EST


Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:33:55 +0800
> Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This will leave __entry->comm, __entry->file and __entry->dev
>> uninitialized in the "else" case..
>
> I would expect the struct to be zeroed before.... is it?
> (the TP_ stuff is so obscure I find it hard to figure out where it ends
> up)
>

No, it won't. Ring buffer won't zero the buffer before returning it,
and TP_ stuff won't zero the buffer after getting it.

See static void ftrace_raw_event_##call(proto) in include/event/ftrace.h

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