From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
To: jim.cromie@gmail.com
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
akpm@linuxfoundation.org, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 13/24] dyndbg: combine flags & mask into a struct, use that
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:34:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200616113443.GB2238@alley> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJfuBxyTsrsyMZFhET3yxM1APobY98ykBLuQ2LEhHKsOYtyjEg@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon 2020-06-15 23:47:26, jim.cromie@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 9:14 AM Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat 2020-06-13 09:57:27, Jim Cromie wrote:
> > > combine flags & mask into a struct, and replace those 2 parameters in
> > > 3 functions: ddebug_change, ddebug_parse_flags, ddebug_read_flags,
> > > altering the derefs in them accordingly.
> > >
> > > This simplifies the 3 function sigs, preparing for more changes.
> > > We dont yet need mask from ddebug_read_flags, but will soon.
> > > ---
> > > lib/dynamic_debug.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> > > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
> > > index 93c627e9c094..8dc073a6e8a4 100644
> > > --- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
> > > +++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
> > > +struct flagsettings {
> > > + unsigned int flags;
> > > + unsigned int mask;
> > > +};
> >
> > static int ddebug_change(const struct ddebug_query *query,
> > > - unsigned int pflags, unsigned int mask)
> > > + struct flagsettings *mods)
> >
> > > -static int ddebug_read_flags(const char *str, unsigned int *flags)
> > > +static int ddebug_read_flags(const char *str, struct flagsettings *f)
> >
> > > -static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char *str, unsigned int *flagsp,
> > > - unsigned int *maskp)
> > > +static int ddebug_parse_flags(const char *str, struct flagsettings *mods)
> >
> > What "mods" stands for, please?
> >
> modifying_flags, or modifiers.
> the original flags & mask bundled together
> ie the pfmlt in
> echo +pfmlt > control
Honestly, storing flags and mask is a hack that makes the code
tricky like hell.
IMHO, it would be much easier to define something like:
struct flags_operation {
unsinged int flags;
enum flags_operation_type op;
}
Where the opration would be:
enum flags_operation_type {
DD_FLAGS_SET, /* for '=' */
DD_FLAGS_ADD, /* for '+' */
DD_FLAGS_DEL, /* for '-' */
DD_FLAGS_FILTER_MATCH,
DD_FLAGS_FILTER_NON_MATCH,
};
Then you could define
struct flags_operation fop_change;
struct flags_operation fop_filter;
Then you could do in ddebug_change():
if (fop_filter) {
switch(fop_filter->op) {
case DD_FLAGS_FILTER_MATCH:
if ((dp->flags & fop_filter->flags) != fop_filter->flags)
continue;
break;
case: DD_FLAGS_FILTER_NON_MATCH:
if ((dp->flags & fop_filter->flags)
continue;
break;
default:
// warn error;
}
}
switch (fop_change->op) {
case DD_FLAGS_SET:
dp->flags = fop_change->flags;
break;
case DD_FLAGS_ADD:
dp->flags |= fop_change->flags;
break;
case DD_FLAGS_DEL:
dp->flgas &= ^(fop_change->flgas);
break;
default:
// error;
}
It might be more lines. But the bit operations will become straightforward.
and the code self-explaining,
> does the above help ?
> I could go with modifying_flags
> keep in mind the name has to suit all + - = operations
>
> I'll review all the new names. I recall you didnt like filterflags either,
> so I wasnt sufficently clear there either.
> Im mulling a better explanation.
The above would make the code manageable. Another question is the user
interface.
I still wonder if it is worth it.
What is the motivation for this fitlering?
Is it requested by users?
Or is it just a prerequisite for the user-specific filters?
We need to be really careful. User interface is hard to change
or remove later.
Best Regards,
Petr
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-16 11:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-13 15:57 [PATCH v2 00/24] dynamic_debug cleanups, query features, WIP print-classes Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 01/24] dyndbg-docs: eschew file /full/path query in docs Jim Cromie
2020-06-14 6:04 ` Greg KH
2020-06-14 14:24 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 02/24] dyndbg-docs: initialization is done early, not arch Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 03/24] dyndbg: drop obsolete comment on ddebug_proc_open Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 04/24] dyndbg: refine debug verbosity; 1 is basic, 2 more chatty Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 05/24] dyndbg: rename __verbose section to __dyndbg Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 06/24] dyndbg: fix overcounting of ram used by dyndbg Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 07/24] dyndbg: fix a BUG_ON in ddebug_describe_flags Jim Cromie
2020-06-15 13:20 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-15 21:53 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 08/24] dyndbg: make ddebug_tables list LIFO for add/remove_module Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 09/24] dyndbg: add maybe(str,"") macro to reduce code Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 16:14 ` Joe Perches
2020-06-15 20:50 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-15 13:28 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-15 20:52 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 10/24] dyndbg: refactor parse_linerange out of ddebug_parse_query Jim Cromie
2020-06-15 13:37 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-15 22:37 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 11/24] dyndbg: accept 'file foo.c:func1' and 'file foo.c:10-100' Jim Cromie
2020-06-15 14:46 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 12/24] dyndbg: refactor ddebug_read_flags out of ddebug_parse_flags Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 13/24] dyndbg: combine flags & mask into a struct, use that Jim Cromie
2020-06-15 15:14 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-16 5:47 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-16 11:34 ` Petr Mladek [this message]
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 14/24] dyndbg: add filter parameter to ddebug_parse_flags Jim Cromie
2020-06-15 15:17 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 15/24] dyndbg: extend ddebug_parse_flags to accept optional leading filter-flags Jim Cromie
2020-06-15 15:37 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 16/24] dyndbg: prefer declarative init in caller, to memset in callee Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 17/24] dyndbg: add user-flag, negating-flags, and filtering on flags Jim Cromie
2020-06-16 11:41 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 18/24] dyndbg: allow negating flag-chars in modflags Jim Cromie
2020-06-16 11:47 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 19/24] dyndbg: accept query terms like module:foo and file=bar Jim Cromie
2020-06-16 11:57 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-16 20:08 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-17 12:11 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-17 13:32 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-17 14:01 ` Greg KH
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 20/24] dyndbg: WIP towards debug-print-class based callsite controls Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 19:22 ` Joe Perches
2020-06-16 13:45 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-16 21:05 ` Joe Perches
2020-06-17 9:31 ` Daniel Thompson
2020-06-17 9:52 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-17 13:23 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-18 12:20 ` Petr Mladek
2020-06-16 21:13 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-16 21:25 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 21/24] dyndbg: adapt header macros to pass print-class Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 17:11 ` kernel test robot
2020-06-13 20:25 ` kernel test robot
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 22/24] dyndbg: add print-class as trailing number to control output Jim Cromie
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 23/24] kset-example: add pr_debug()s for easy visibility of its operation Jim Cromie
2020-06-14 6:05 ` Greg KH
2020-06-15 22:18 ` jim.cromie
2020-06-16 6:37 ` Greg KH
2020-06-13 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 24/24] kset-example: use pr_debug_n to create example print-classes Jim Cromie
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