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-rw-r--r--include/trace/stages/stage5_get_offsets.h21
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/trace/stages/stage5_get_offsets.h b/include/trace/stages/stage5_get_offsets.h
index ac5c24d3beeb..e30a13be46ba 100644
--- a/include/trace/stages/stage5_get_offsets.h
+++ b/include/trace/stages/stage5_get_offsets.h
@@ -9,17 +9,30 @@
#undef __entry
#define __entry entry
+/*
+ * Fields should never declare an array: i.e. __field(int, arr[5])
+ * If they do, it will cause issues in parsing and possibly corrupt the
+ * events. To prevent that from happening, test the sizeof() a fictitious
+ * type called "struct _test_no_array_##item" which will fail if "item"
+ * contains array elements (like "arr[5]").
+ *
+ * If you hit this, use __array(int, arr, 5) instead.
+ */
#undef __field
-#define __field(type, item)
+#define __field(type, item) \
+ { (void)sizeof(struct _test_no_array_##item *); }
#undef __field_ext
-#define __field_ext(type, item, filter_type)
+#define __field_ext(type, item, filter_type) \
+ { (void)sizeof(struct _test_no_array_##item *); }
#undef __field_struct
-#define __field_struct(type, item)
+#define __field_struct(type, item) \
+ { (void)sizeof(struct _test_no_array_##item *); }
#undef __field_struct_ext
-#define __field_struct_ext(type, item, filter_type)
+#define __field_struct_ext(type, item, filter_type) \
+ { (void)sizeof(struct _test_no_array_##item *); }
#undef __array
#define __array(type, item, len)