[ltt-dev] too few arguments to function 'ltt_vtrace'

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Dennis W. Tokarski (dwt at PolTec.COM) wrote:
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> Hi Matthieu,
>
> I've just tried to build a kernel based on Fedora's
> kernel-2.6.27.9-150.fc10.src.rpm. Your patch set from
> patch-2.6.27.9-lttng-0.70.tar.bz2 applied with minimal
> conflicts which were easily resolved.
>
> However the error message in the subject above occurs
> during build.
>
> In ltt_serialize.c, ltt_vtrace() is defined as requiring
> five arguments, while in ltt-ftrace.c ltt_tap_marker()
> calls it with four--you aren't providing the required
> pointer to a struct marker as the first arg. It's not
> at all clear from the surrounding code what ltt_tap_marker()
> *should* be passing, but ltt_vtrace() certainly wants to
> use the arg.
>
> Same deal with is_marker_enabled() in kernel/marker.c,
> you call it from markers_show() in fs/proc/base.c without
> the first arg.
>
> A quick look at your web repository shows the second
> bug fixed, but the first is still present in the
> head revision.
>
> So how do you get a kernel to build at all, much less
> run and actually take a trace?  What actual revisions
> are you using for your work?
>
> I'd really like to give lttng a try, but there is
> this little show-stopper.
>

As a quick solution :
Try disabling ftrace :)

Or remove the line

obj-$(CONFIG_LTT_FTRACE)                += ltt-ftrace.o

From ltt/Makefile

The ftrace function tracing bits are bogus in 2.6.27 anyway. Therefore
you won't miss much. I'll fix it in 2.6.28 though, thanks for the
report!

Mathieu

> Thanks for your help!
> - --Dennis
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