Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] trace2: convert tr2tls_thread_ctx.thread_name from strbuf to char*

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:31:27 +0100

On Mon, Dec 20 2021, Jeff Hostetler via GitGitGadget wrote:

> From: Jeff Hostetler <[email-masked]>
>
> Use a 'char *' to hold the thread name rather than a 'struct strbuf'.
> The thread name is set when the thread is created and should not be
> be modified afterwards.  Replace the strbuf with an allocated pointer
> to make that more clear.
>
> This was discussed in: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email-masked]/
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Hostetler <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c |  2 +-
>  trace2/tr2_tgt_perf.c  |  2 +-
>  trace2/tr2_tls.c       | 16 +++++++++-------
>  trace2/tr2_tls.h       |  2 +-
>  4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c b/trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c
> index 3a0014417cc..ca48d00aebc 100644
> --- a/trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c
> +++ b/trace2/tr2_tgt_event.c
> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static void event_fmt_prepare(const char *event_name, const char *file,
>  
>  	jw_object_string(jw, "event", event_name);
>  	jw_object_string(jw, "sid", tr2_sid_get());
> -	jw_object_string(jw, "thread", ctx->thread_name.buf);
> +	jw_object_string(jw, "thread", ctx->thread_name);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * In brief mode, only emit <time> on these 2 event types.
> diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tgt_perf.c b/trace2/tr2_tgt_perf.c
> index e4acca13d64..c3e57fcb3c0 100644
> --- a/trace2/tr2_tgt_perf.c
> +++ b/trace2/tr2_tgt_perf.c
> @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static void perf_fmt_prepare(const char *event_name,
>  
>  	strbuf_addf(buf, "d%d | ", tr2_sid_depth());
>  	strbuf_addf(buf, "%-*s | %-*s | ", TR2_MAX_THREAD_NAME,
> -		    ctx->thread_name.buf, TR2FMT_PERF_MAX_EVENT_NAME,
> +		    ctx->thread_name, TR2FMT_PERF_MAX_EVENT_NAME,
>  		    event_name);
>  
>  	len = buf->len + TR2FMT_PERF_REPO_WIDTH;
> diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tls.c b/trace2/tr2_tls.c
> index 7da94aba522..cd8b9f2f0a0 100644
> --- a/trace2/tr2_tls.c
> +++ b/trace2/tr2_tls.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct tr2tls_thread_ctx *tr2tls_create_self(const char *thread_name,
>  					     uint64_t us_thread_start)
>  {
>  	struct tr2tls_thread_ctx *ctx = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*ctx));
> +	struct strbuf buf_name = STRBUF_INIT;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Implicitly "tr2tls_push_self()" to capture the thread's start
> @@ -47,12 +48,13 @@ struct tr2tls_thread_ctx *tr2tls_create_self(const char *thread_name,
>  
>  	ctx->thread_id = tr2tls_locked_increment(&tr2_next_thread_id);
>  
> -	strbuf_init(&ctx->thread_name, 0);
>  	if (ctx->thread_id)
> -		strbuf_addf(&ctx->thread_name, "th%02d:", ctx->thread_id);
> -	strbuf_addstr(&ctx->thread_name, thread_name);
> -	if (ctx->thread_name.len > TR2_MAX_THREAD_NAME)
> -		strbuf_setlen(&ctx->thread_name, TR2_MAX_THREAD_NAME);
> +		strbuf_addf(&buf_name, "th%02d:", ctx->thread_id);
> +	strbuf_addstr(&buf_name, thread_name);
> +	if (buf_name.len > TR2_MAX_THREAD_NAME)
> +		strbuf_setlen(&buf_name, TR2_MAX_THREAD_NAME);
> +
> +	ctx->thread_name = strbuf_detach(&buf_name, NULL);
>  
>  	pthread_setspecific(tr2tls_key, ctx);
>  
> @@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ void tr2tls_unset_self(void)
>  
>  	pthread_setspecific(tr2tls_key, NULL);
>  
> -	strbuf_release(&ctx->thread_name);
> +	free(ctx->thread_name);
>  	free(ctx->array_us_start);
>  	free(ctx);
>  }
> @@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ void tr2tls_pop_self(void)
>  	struct tr2tls_thread_ctx *ctx = tr2tls_get_self();
>  
>  	if (!ctx->nr_open_regions)
> -		BUG("no open regions in thread '%s'", ctx->thread_name.buf);
> +		BUG("no open regions in thread '%s'", ctx->thread_name);
>  
>  	ctx->nr_open_regions--;
>  }
> diff --git a/trace2/tr2_tls.h b/trace2/tr2_tls.h
> index a90bd639d48..d968da6a679 100644
> --- a/trace2/tr2_tls.h
> +++ b/trace2/tr2_tls.h
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
>  #define TR2_MAX_THREAD_NAME (24)
>  
>  struct tr2tls_thread_ctx {
> -	struct strbuf thread_name;
> +	char *thread_name;
>  	uint64_t *array_us_start;
>  	size_t alloc;
>  	size_t nr_open_regions; /* plays role of "nr" in ALLOC_GROW */

Junio's suggestion in the linked E-Mail was to make this a "const char *".

Narrowly, I don't see why not just add a "const" to the "struct strbuf
*" instead.

But less narrowly if we're not going to change it why malloc a new one
at all? Can't we just use the "const char *" passed into
tr2tls_create_self(), and for the "th%02d:" case have the code that's
formatting it handle that case?

I.e. have the things that use it as a "%s" now call a function that
formats things as a function of the "ctx->thread_id" (which may be 0)
and limit it by TR2_MAX_THREAD_NAME?