On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 09:25:45AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:19:38 +0100 > Jiri Olsa <jo...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 07:16:39PM +0800, Wang Nan wrote: > > > Hi Jiri, > > > > > > I found that only this patch is not enough. When converting such > > > tracepoints, > > > it uses add_tracepoint_fields_values(..., struct format_field *fields > > > ...), > > > and fields->name is still the original one. > > > > > > If 'struct format_field' has a field like 'dup_name' we can make things > > > simpler. > > > However, struct format_field is part of traceevent, not only used by perf. > > > > > > I have no enough time to think on it. Jiri, could you please give me some > > > hints > > > so I can implement another patch tomorrow? > > > > yea, looks like we either need to add 'void *priv' into 'struct > > format_field' > > or if Steven doesn't like it, we'd need to save 'our' field name in some way > > so it's reachable via format_field::name string. > > > > Steven, > > we need to use changed format_field::name to interface babeltrace > > library, because it has restriction that fields within tracepoint > > should have unique names. > > > > Any chance we could introduce 'void *priv' member to format_field::name ? > > Maybe with 'destroy_priv' callback to be called when the field is destroyed. > > > > I can provide patch, just wanted to know first if you're not strictly > > against ;-) > > > > I'm not exactly sure what the issue is. I guess I need to see a patch > to understand better.
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