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linux/include/trace
Steven Rostedt a8d154b009 tracing: create automated trace defines
This patch lowers the number of places a developer must modify to add
new tracepoints. The current method to add a new tracepoint
into an existing system is to write the trace point macro in the
trace header with one of the macros TRACE_EVENT, TRACE_FORMAT or
DECLARE_TRACE, then they must add the same named item into the C file
with the macro DEFINE_TRACE(name) and then add the trace point.

This change cuts out the needing to add the DEFINE_TRACE(name).
Every file that uses the tracepoint must still include the trace/<type>.h
file, but the one C file must also add a define before the including
of that file.

 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/mytrace.h>

This will cause the trace/mytrace.h file to also produce the C code
necessary to implement the trace point.

Note, if more than one trace/<type>.h is used to create the C code
it is best to list them all together.

 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/foo.h>
 #include <trace/bar.h>
 #include <trace/fido.h>

Thanks to Mathieu Desnoyers and Christoph Hellwig for coming up with
the cleaner solution of the define above the includes over my first
design to have the C code include a "special" header.

This patch converts sched, irq and lockdep and skb to use this new
method.

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Zhao Lei <zhaolei@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-04-14 12:57:28 -04:00
..
block.h tracing: replace TP<var> with TP_<var> 2009-03-10 00:35:04 -04:00
boot.h tracing/fastboot: include missing headers 2008-12-12 09:26:13 +01:00
define_trace.h tracing: create automated trace defines 2009-04-14 12:57:28 -04:00
irq.h tracing: create automated trace defines 2009-04-14 12:57:28 -04:00
kmem_event_types.h tracing, kmemtrace: Make kmem tracepoints use TRACE_EVENT macro 2009-04-12 15:22:56 +02:00
kmem.h tracing: create automated trace defines 2009-04-14 12:57:28 -04:00
lockdep.h tracing: create automated trace defines 2009-04-14 12:57:28 -04:00
power.h tracing: replace TP<var> with TP_<var> 2009-03-10 00:35:04 -04:00
sched.h tracing: create automated trace defines 2009-04-14 12:57:28 -04:00
skb.h tracing: create automated trace defines 2009-04-14 12:57:28 -04:00
syscall.h tracing/syscalls: use a dedicated file header 2009-04-09 05:43:32 +02:00
trace_events.h tracing, kmemtrace: Make kmem tracepoints use TRACE_EVENT macro 2009-04-12 15:22:56 +02:00
workqueue.h tracing: replace TP<var> with TP_<var> 2009-03-10 00:35:04 -04:00