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Date:      Wed, 4 Dec 2019 22:12:09 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org,  svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r355412 - head/sys/geom
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfooav7V0Yci8Nta1VAbMtnwMsqwdMEH=f3dHyUVw6YDAg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <516874DA-E57F-4EAA-852B-1129A95BB998@panasas.com>
References:  <201912050452.xB54qKV0080126@repo.freebsd.org> <516874DA-E57F-4EAA-852B-1129A95BB998@panasas.com>

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On Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 10:01 PM Ravi Pokala <rpokala@freebsd.org> wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: <owner-src-committers@freebsd.org> on behalf of Alexander Motin
> <mav@FreeBSD.org>
> Date: 2019-12-04, Wednesday at 20:52
> To: <src-committers@freebsd.org>, <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, <
> svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
> Subject: svn commit: r355412 - head/sys/geom
>
>     Author: mav
>     Date: Thu Dec  5 04:52:19 2019
>     New Revision: 355412
>     URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/355412
>
>     Log:
>       Wrap g_trace() into a macro to avoid unneeded calls.
>
>       In most cases with debug disabled this function does nothing, but
> argument
>       passing and the call still cost measurable time due to cache misses,
> etc.
>
> Hi Alexander,
>
> I'm having trouble understanding this change, on a few levels.
>
> - Why did you add parentheses around the function declaration and
> definition?
>

To prevent macro expansion.

- How can that function with that name co-exist with a macro of the same
> name?
>


See above.

- Isn't the "g_debugflags" test in geom_dump.c:g_trace() now redundant?
>

I think so...

- Why not simply convert geom_dump.c:g_trace() into a 'static inline' in
> geom.h, and not have to bother with the macro at all?
>

I'd have done that :) you wouldn't have that weird (corner) of the language
exposed... but the static inline might have been bigger...

Warner

What am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ravi (rpokala@)
>
>       MFC after:        2 weeks
>       Sponsored by:     iXsystems, Inc.
>
>     Modified:
>       head/sys/geom/geom.h
>       head/sys/geom/geom_dump.c
>
>     Modified: head/sys/geom/geom.h
>
> ==============================================================================
>     --- head/sys/geom/geom.h    Thu Dec  5 04:18:22 2019        (r355411)
>     +++ head/sys/geom/geom.h    Thu Dec  5 04:52:19 2019        (r355412)
>     @@ -255,11 +255,15 @@ void g_dev_physpath_changed(void);
>      struct g_provider *g_dev_getprovider(struct cdev *dev);
>
>      /* geom_dump.c */
>     -void g_trace(int level, const char *, ...);
>     +void (g_trace)(int level, const char *, ...) __printflike(2, 3);
>      #  define G_T_TOPOLOGY     1
>      #  define G_T_BIO          2
>      #  define G_T_ACCESS       4
>     -
>     +extern int g_debugflags;
>     +#define    g_trace(level, fmt, ...) do {                           \
>     +   if (__predict_false(g_debugflags & (level)))            \
>     +           (g_trace)(level, fmt, ## __VA_ARGS__);          \
>     +} while (0)
>
>      /* geom_event.c */
>      typedef void g_event_t(void *, int flag);
>
>     Modified: head/sys/geom/geom_dump.c
>
> ==============================================================================
>     --- head/sys/geom/geom_dump.c       Thu Dec  5 04:18:22 2019
> (r355411)
>     +++ head/sys/geom/geom_dump.c       Thu Dec  5 04:52:19 2019
> (r355412)
>     @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ g_confxml(void *p, int flag)
>      }
>
>      void
>     -g_trace(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
>     +(g_trace)(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
>      {
>         va_list ap;
>
>
>
>
>



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