On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 12:45:04PM +0100, David Marchand wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 7:15 PM Tyler Retzlaff
> <roret...@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 12:54:36PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > > On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:19:30 -0800
> > > Tyler Retzlaff <roret...@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > RTE_LOG_LINE cannot be augmented with a prefix format and arguments
> > > > without the user of RTE_LOG_LINE using the args... and ## args compiler
> > > > extension to conditionally remove trailing comma when the macro receives
> > > > only a single argument.
> > > >
> > > > Provide a new/similar macro RTE_LOG_LINE_PREFIX that accepts the prefix
> > > > format and arguments as separate parameters allowing them to be expanded
> > > > at the correct locations inside of RTE_FMT() allowing the rest of the
> > > > non-prefix format string and arguments to be collapsed to the argument
> > > > pack which can be directly forwarded with __VA_ARGS__ avoiding the need
> > > > for conditional comma removal.
> > > >
> > > > I've done my best to manually check expansions (preprocessed) and 
> > > > compiled
> > > > printf of the logs to validate correct output.
> > > >
> > > > note: due to drastic change in series i have not carried any series acks
> > > >       forward.
> > >
> > > The changes look good, you might want to add release note, update coding
> > > style doc, and/or update checkpatch to discourage re-introduction.
> >
> > re-introduction should be protected by the CI. i know checkpatch would
> > be better but i couldn't think of a good way to match an arbitrarily
> > named pack ... reliably where it could potentially cause noise.
> 
> What about a simple:
> 
> +       # forbid use of variadic argument pack extension in macros
> +       awk -v FOLDERS="lib drivers app examples" \
> +               -v
> EXPRESSIONS='#[[:space:]]*define.*[^(,[:space:]]\\.\\.\\.[[:space:]]*)'
> \
> +               -v RET_ON_FAIL=1 \
> +               -v MESSAGE='Do not use variadic argument pack in macros' \
> +               -f $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/check-forbidden-tokens.awk \
> +               "$1" || res=1
> +

I have no objection, I suppose worst case scenario if it turns out to
catch things we don't want it to catch we can always ignore or remove
it.

I will add the check and submit a new rev.

> 
> 
> -- 
> David Marchand

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