# Re: \[PATCH v2 net-next 2/5\] net: switchdev: Add helpers to display switchdev objects as strings

- From: Jakub Kicinski \<kuba@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2024-02-02 04:49:45 
- List: linux-trace-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2024/02/11284183
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2024/01/11283807/t.md

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On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:19:34 +0100 Tobias Waldekranz wrote:
> Useful both in error messages and in tracepoints.

Are you printing things together into one big string?
Seems like leaving a lot of features on the table.
trace point events can be filtered, not to mention attaching
to them with bpftrace. 
There's also a built-in way to show traces how to convert numerical ids
to strings for the basic output - __print_symbolic().
None of that can help here?
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