Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Nov 2014 19:38:17 -0500 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/6] trace: Replace seq_printf by simpler equivalents |
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:51:48 -0800 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-11-05 at 17:34 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:25:52 +0200 Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> wrote: > > > Using seq_printf to print a simple string or a single character is a > > > lot more expensive than it needs to be, since seq_puts and seq_putc > > > exist. > [] > > > diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c > [] > > @@ -556,13 +556,13 @@ static int function_stat_cmp(void *p1, void *p2) > > > static int function_stat_headers(struct seq_file *m) > > > { > > > #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER > > > - seq_printf(m, " Function " > > > - "Hit Time Avg s^2\n" > > > - " -------- " > > > - "--- ---- --- ---\n"); > > > + seq_puts(m, > > > + " Function " "Hit Time Avg s^2\n" > > > + " -------- " "--- ---- --- ---\n"); > > > > Please keep the original format. I know that it's considered bad form > > to split strings like this, but I consider this one of the exceptions > > to the rule. > > Why is that? > > btw: when the strings fragments are put on the same line, > it's nicer to take out the intermediate joining " " bits too. > > I'd've probably used 2 seq_puts calls like: > > seq_puts(m, " Function Hit Time Avg s^2\n"); > seq_puts(m, " -------- --- ---- --- ---\n"); >
In this case it's just that I hate that big white space followed by content.
Maybe I'll change my mind in the future, but for now, I'd rather just leave it as is.
-- Steve
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