[DTrace-devel] [PATCH 01/16] Remove fasttrap references and introduce pid-provider variants

Kris Van Hees kris.van.hees at oracle.com
Wed Mar 24 11:20:54 PDT 2021


On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 12:31:21PM -0400, Eugene Loh wrote:
> On 3/19/21 7:11 PM, Eugene Loh wrote:
> 
> > Reviewed-by: Eugene Loh <eugene.loh at oracle.com>
> > with some minor comments below.
> >
> > On 3/19/21 12:54 AM, Kris Van Hees wrote:
> >> Since the fasttrap provider is no longer necessary, the following
> >> two datatypes are being renamed:
> >>
> >>     fasttrap_probe_type_t -> pid_probe_type_t
> >>     fasttrap_probe_spec_t -> pid_probe_spec_t
> >
> > The pid_*_t names have extraneous underscores;  should be 
> > pid_probetype_t and pid_probespec_t.
> 
> Incidentally, I'm unclear what namespace rules we're using.  So, I'll 
> ask.  Should those pid_probe*_t names have dt_ prefixes?

Welcome to inconsistency in the DTrace source tree.  Given that these types
are internal only, I prefer to stick with pid_*.



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