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From: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko@solarflare.com>
To: Jerin Jacob <jerinjacobk@gmail.com>
Cc: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>,
	Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran <jerinj@marvell.com>,
	dev <dev@dpdk.org>, Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/13] eal/log: introduce log register macro
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:26:45 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4becf100-7f0f-d051-a40c-3944e101381a@solarflare.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALBAE1M4WJrXcqq8ZuaWeJ8Pcjg0Xn=JihsgF5Da4EBBEbY7cw@mail.gmail.com>

On 6/24/20 4:11 PM, Jerin Jacob wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 3:51 PM Andrew Rybchenko
> <arybchenko@solarflare.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 6/17/20 1:02 PM, David Marchand wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 8:30 AM <jerinj@marvell.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
>>>>
>>>> Introducing the RTE_LOG_REGISTER macro to avoid the code duplication
>>>> in the log registration process.
>>>>
>>>> It is a wrapper macro for declaring the logtype, register the log and sets
>>>
>>> Having the logtype variable declared as part of the macro will force
>>> us to have global symbols (for the cases where it is needed).
>>> I'd rather leave the declaration to the caller, and only handle the
>>> registering part in this macro.
>>
>> I agree with David that it is important to avoid global symbols
>> when it is not needed.
> 
> David, Andrew,
> 
> Since it is executed in "constructor" context, it will be always from
> the global variable. Right?
> i.e DPDK is not yet initialized in when "constructor" being called.
> In addition to that, It will be adding more lines of code in the
> consumer of this MACRO.
> Thoughts?

The problem is rather 'extern' vs 'static'. Before the patch
many variables are static, but become externally visible after
the patch.

>>
>>>> it's level in the constructor context.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>


  reply	other threads:[~2020-06-24 15:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 98+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-17  6:30 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/13] rte_log registration usage improvement jerinj
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/13] eal/log: introduce log register macro jerinj
2020-06-17 10:00   ` Thomas Monjalon
2020-06-17 10:26     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-06-24 13:08       ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-17 10:02   ` David Marchand
2020-06-17 10:21     ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-06-24 13:11       ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-24 15:26         ` Andrew Rybchenko [this message]
2020-06-24 15:32           ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-24 15:43             ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-06-24 18:10               ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-26 11:16                 ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-26 11:42                   ` David Marchand
2020-06-26 12:06                     ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-26 12:13                       ` David Marchand
2020-06-26 12:16                       ` David Marchand
2020-06-26 12:37                         ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-29 13:39                           ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-30 13:39                           ` David Marchand
2020-06-30 14:42                             ` Jerin Jacob
2020-06-21  9:30   ` Sachin Saxena (OSS)
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/13] lib: use " jerinj
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/13] drivers/vdpa: " jerinj
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/13] drivers/raw: " jerinj
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/13] drivers/net: " jerinj
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/13] drivers/mempool: " jerinj
2020-06-21  9:46   ` Sachin Saxena (OSS)
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/13] drivers/event: " jerinj
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/13] drivers/crypto: " jerinj
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/13] drivers/compress: " jerinj
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/13] drivers/common: " jerinj
2020-06-21  9:48   ` Sachin Saxena (OSS)
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/13] drivers/bus: " jerinj
2020-06-21  9:52   ` Sachin Saxena (OSS)
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 12/13] drivers/baseband: " jerinj
2020-06-17  6:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 13/13] app/test: " jerinj
2020-06-25 16:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/13] rte_log registration usage improvement Dybkowski, AdamX
2020-06-25 16:20   ` Dybkowski, AdamX
2020-07-01  3:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/13] eal/log: introduce log register macro jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/13] lib: use " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/13] drivers/vdpa: " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/13] drivers/raw: " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/13] drivers/net: " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/13] drivers/mempool: " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/13] drivers/event: " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/13] drivers/crypto: " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/13] drivers/compress: " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/13] drivers/common: " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/13] drivers/bus: " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/13] drivers/baseband: " jerinj
2020-07-01  3:58   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/13] app/test: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/13] rte_log registration usage improvement jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 01/13] eal/log: introduce log register macro jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 02/13] lib: use " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 03/13] drivers/vdpa: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 04/13] drivers/raw: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 05/13] drivers/net: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 06/13] drivers/mempool: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 07/13] drivers/event: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 08/13] drivers/crypto: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 09/13] drivers/compress: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 10/13] drivers/common: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 11/13] drivers/bus: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 12/13] drivers/baseband: " jerinj
2020-07-01  6:48     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 13/13] app/test: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/13] rte_log registration usage improvement jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 01/13] eal/log: introduce log register macro jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/13] lib: use " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/13] drivers/vdpa: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/13] drivers/raw: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/13] drivers/net: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/13] drivers/mempool: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/13] drivers/event: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/13] drivers/crypto: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 09/13] drivers/compress: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 10/13] drivers/common: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 11/13] drivers/bus: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 12/13] drivers/baseband: " jerinj
2020-07-01 10:44       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 13/13] app/test: " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 00/13] rte_log registration usage improvement jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 01/13] eal/log: introduce log register macro jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 02/13] lib: use " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 03/13] drivers/vdpa: " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 04/13] drivers/raw: " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 05/13] drivers/net: " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 06/13] drivers/mempool: " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 07/13] drivers/event: " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 08/13] drivers/crypto: " jerinj
2020-07-02 17:59           ` Akhil Goyal
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 09/13] drivers/compress: " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 10/13] drivers/common: " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 11/13] drivers/bus: " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 12/13] drivers/baseband: " jerinj
2020-07-01 12:33         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 13/13] app/test: " jerinj
2020-07-03 13:55         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 00/13] rte_log registration usage improvement David Marchand
2020-07-06  9:31           ` Jerin Jacob

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