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authorStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2010-10-20 16:41:31 +0000
committerBlue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>2010-10-20 16:41:31 +0000
commitcf85cf8e972f3ad79f203be4edb7968d6e052293 (patch)
tree1f19652104c3f1ec25923066ced22a496bcee92d /docs
parentd8023f311499e06c02b4da7e74388d7ad906ea23 (diff)
trace: Format strings must begin/end with double quotes
Document the restriction that format strings must begin and end with double quotes. This is for easy parsing since we don't run cpp over trace-events. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/docs/tracing.txt b/docs/tracing.txt
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+++ b/docs/tracing.txt
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ Trace events should use types as follows:
Format strings should reflect the types defined in the trace event. Take
special care to use PRId64 and PRIu64 for int64_t and uint64_t types,
-respectively. This ensures portability between 32- and 64-bit platforms.
+respectively. This ensures portability between 32- and 64-bit platforms. Note
+that format strings must begin and end with double quotes. When using
+portability macros, ensure they are preceded and followed by double quotes:
+"value %"PRIx64"".
=== Hints for adding new trace events ===