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-rw-r--r--docs/tracing.txt5
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/tracetool20
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/docs/tracing.txt b/docs/tracing.txt
index 4b27ab0c2a..d0171aabda 100644
--- a/docs/tracing.txt
+++ b/docs/tracing.txt
@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@ 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. 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"".
+respectively. This ensures portability between 32- and 64-bit platforms.
=== Hints for adding new trace events ===
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool b/scripts/tracetool
index 743d246289..4c9951d0aa 100755
--- a/scripts/tracetool
+++ b/scripts/tracetool
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ EOF
exit 1
}
+# Print a line without interpreting backslash escapes
+#
+# The built-in echo command may interpret backslash escapes without an option
+# to disable this behavior.
+puts()
+{
+ printf "%s\n" "$1"
+}
+
# Get the name of a trace event
get_name()
{
@@ -111,13 +120,10 @@ get_argc()
echo $argc
}
-# Get the format string for a trace event
+# Get the format string including double quotes for a trace event
get_fmt()
{
- local fmt
- fmt=${1#*\"}
- fmt=${fmt%\"*}
- echo "$fmt"
+ puts "${1#*)}"
}
linetoh_begin_nop()
@@ -266,7 +272,7 @@ linetoh_stderr()
static inline void trace_$name($args)
{
if (trace_list[$stderr_event_num].state != 0) {
- fprintf(stderr, "$name $fmt\n" $argnames);
+ fprintf(stderr, "$name " $fmt "\n" $argnames);
}
}
EOF
@@ -366,7 +372,7 @@ DEFINE_TRACE(ust_$name);
static void ust_${name}_probe($args)
{
- trace_mark(ust, $name, "$fmt"$argnames);
+ trace_mark(ust, $name, $fmt$argnames);
}
EOF