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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net-next v3] xen-netback: Adding debugfs "io_ring_qX" files



On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 07:43:16PM +0100, Zoltan Kiss wrote:
> On 08/07/14 18:39, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >>+   return count;
> >>+}
> >>+
> >>+static int xenvif_dump_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> >>+{
> >>+   int ret;
> >>+   void *queue = NULL;
> >>+
> >>+   if (inode->i_private)
> >>+           queue = inode->i_private;
> >>+   ret = single_open(filp, xenvif_read_io_ring, queue);
> >>+   filp->f_mode |= FMODE_PWRITE;
> >>+   return ret;
> >>+}
> >>+
> >>+static const struct file_operations xenvif_dbg_io_ring_ops_fops = {
> >>+   .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> >>+   .open = xenvif_dump_open,
> >>+   .read = seq_read,
> >>+   .llseek = seq_lseek,
> >>+   .release = single_release,
> >>+   .write = xenvif_write_io_ring,
> >>+};
> >>+
> >>+static void xenvif_debugfs_addif(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
> >>+{
> >>+   struct dentry *pfile;
> >>+   struct xenvif *vif = queue->vif;
> >>+   int i;
> >>+
> >>+   if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(xen_netback_dbg_root))
> >>+           return;
> >
> >I am curious to how you tested this patch, as my reading of
> >the code above would imply that when xen_netback_dbg_root is
> >initialized - we won't continue within this function?
> Indeed, I've just copy-pasted that snippet you wrote in your prev mail and I
> haven't tried it out, as it was a very small change. I'll fix it.
> 
> >>+
> >>  static int netback_remove(struct xenbus_device *dev)
> >>  {
> >>    struct backend_info *be = dev_get_drvdata(&dev->dev);
> >>@@ -246,8 +413,12 @@ static void backend_create_xenvif(struct backend_info 
> >>*be)
> >>
> >>  static void backend_disconnect(struct backend_info *be)
> >>  {
> >>-   if (be->vif)
> >>+   if (be->vif) {
> >>+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> >>+           xenvif_debugfs_delif(be->vif);
> >>+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
> >
> >Why don't you just leave it as it (without the #ifdef) and add an
> >empty function for the #else CONFIG_DEBUG_FS like:
> >
> >#else
> >static inline void xenvif_debugfs_addif(struct xenvif_queue *queue) {}
> >static inline void xenvif_debugfs_delif(struct xenvif *vif) {}
> >#endif
> It wouldn't change the end result, but from the code reader's point of view
> the current way is a little bit better, as (s)he doesn't need to check the
> declaration to realize it has effect only if that config option is enabled.

I disagree (and the Linux kernel has numerous example for this - thought
most of this is hidden in the headers so that the .C code has the 
minimum amount of #ifdef) - however ultimately it is Ian C decision on which
way this should go.

> 

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