typeof(&buffer) is a pointer to array of 1024 char, or char (*)[1024].
But, typeof(&buffer[0]) is a pointer to char which match the return type of get_trace_buf().
As well-known, the value of &buffer is equal to &buffer[0].
so return this_cpu_ptr(&percpu_buffer->buffer[0]) can avoid type cast.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/50A1A800.3020102@gmail.com
Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <davidshan@tencent.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
return;
local_irq_save(flags);
- buf = per_cpu_ptr(bt->msg_data, smp_processor_id());
+ buf = this_cpu_ptr(bt->msg_data);
va_start(args, fmt);
n = vscnprintf(buf, BLK_TN_MAX_MSG, fmt, args);
va_end(args);
static char *get_trace_buf(void)
{
struct trace_buffer_struct *percpu_buffer;
- struct trace_buffer_struct *buffer;
/*
* If we have allocated per cpu buffers, then we do not
if (!percpu_buffer)
return NULL;
- buffer = per_cpu_ptr(percpu_buffer, smp_processor_id());
-
- return buffer->buffer;
+ return this_cpu_ptr(&percpu_buffer->buffer[0]);
}
static int alloc_percpu_trace_buffer(void)