Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 2/2] qemu-error: make use of {error, warn}_report_once_cond

[Cornelia Huck]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:01:39 +0200
Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> wrote:

> Cornelia Huck <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > {error,warn}_report_once() are a special case of the new functions
> > and can simply switch to them.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <address@hidden>
> > ---
> >  include/qemu/error-report.h | 34 ++++++++++++++--------------------
> >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/qemu/error-report.h b/include/qemu/error-report.h
> > index e415128ac4..918cb936d8 100644
> > --- a/include/qemu/error-report.h
> > +++ b/include/qemu/error-report.h
> > @@ -53,32 +53,26 @@ bool warn_report_once_cond(bool *printed, const char 
> > *fmt, ...)
> >   * Similar to error_report(), except it prints the message just once.
> >   * Return true when it prints, false otherwise.
> >   */
> > -#define error_report_once(fmt, ...)             \
> > -    ({                                          \
> > -        static bool print_once_;                \
> > -        bool ret_print_once_ = !print_once_;    \
> > -                                                \
> > -        if (!print_once_) {                     \
> > -            print_once_ = true;                 \
> > -            error_report(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);   \
> > -        }                                       \
> > -        unlikely(ret_print_once_);              \
> > +#define error_report_once(fmt, ...)                     \
> > +    ({                                                  \
> > +        static bool print_once_;                        \
> > +        bool ret_print_once_ =                          \
> > +            error_report_once_cond(&print_once_,        \
> > +                                   fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
> > +        unlikely(ret_print_once_);                      \
> >      })  
> 
> Do we still need @ret_print_once_?
> 
>    #define error_report_once(fmt, ...)                     \
>        ({                                                  \
>            static bool print_once_;                        \
>            unlikely(error_report_once_cond(&print_once_,   \
>                                    fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__));   \
>        })
> 
> Or dispense with the unlikely:
> 
>    #define error_report_once(fmt, ...)                     \
>        ({                                                  \
>            static bool print_once_;                        \
>            error_report_once_cond(&print_once_,            \
>                                   fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);     \
>        })
> 
> Got a preference?

I think we can get rid of the unlikely().

Will you make these changes yourself, or should I respin?