Re: [tip:perf/core] tracing: Add DEFINE_EVENT(),DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT() support to docbook

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Dec 02 2009 - 09:44:03 EST



* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 15:01 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> > > DECLARE_CLASS_AND_DEFINE_EVENT()
> >
> > Hm, that's a bit too long. How about 'DEFINE_CLASS_EVENT()' as a
> > compromise? It's similarly short-ish to TRACE_EVENT(), and it also
> > conveys the fact that we create both a class and an event there.
> >
> > The full series would thus be:
> >
> > DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS
> > DEFINE_EVENT
> > DEFINE_CLASS_EVENT
> >
> > hm?
>
> I thought about that too, but it actually makes it more confusing.
> Because, looking at this with a fresh POV, I would think that after I
> declare a class, I would use DEFINE_CLASS_EVENT with that class.

yeah. Hence was my second-best choice 'DEFINE_STANDALONE_EVENT' or
'DEFINE_SINGLE_EVENT' - to stress the special nature it, and to actually
nudge people towards creating classes of events instead of doing
separate, standalone points. (which are a waste in the majority of
cases)

Ingo
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