Re: [PATCH 04/15] net: Use trace_invoke_##name() at guarded tracepoint call sites

Paolo Abeni <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:34:34 +0100

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On 3/12/26 4:04 PM, Vineeth Pillai (Google) wrote:
> Replace trace_foo() with the new trace_invoke_foo() at sites already
> guarded by trace_foo_enabled(), avoiding a redundant
> static_branch_unlikely() re-evaluation inside the tracepoint.
> trace_invoke_foo() calls the tracepoint callbacks directly without
> utilizing the static branch again.
> 
> Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Vineeth Pillai (Google) <[email protected]>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-6

Side question: which is the merge plan here? since this patch depends on
1/15 I guess it's via the trace tree, am I correct?

/P