Re: [PATCH 07/14] xfs: ifdef out unused xfs_attr events

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Jun 17 2025 - 00:46:41 EST


On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 10:52:14AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:28:10 +0200
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 05:24:12PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Trace events can take up to 5K in memory for text and meta data per event
> > > regardless if they are used or not, so they should not be defined when not
> > > used. The events xfs_attr_fillstate and xfs_attr_refillstate are only
> > > called in code that is #ifdef out and exists only for future reference.
> > >
> > > Ifdef out the events that go with that code and add a comment mentioning
> > > the other code.
> >
> > Just drop them entirely, which is what the code using them should
> > have done as well. We can always triviall bring back code from
> > git history.
>
> OK. But I'll only send a patch to delete the trace events. I'll let
> someone else remove the actual code.

Yeah, no need for you to fix up the other code.