Re: [PATCH 3/4] trace2: refactor Windows process ancestry trace2 event
- From
Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
- Date
- Feb 9, 2026, 14:41 UTC
- Message-ID
- <1a282a1c-866e-49fc-b396-014921135cc4@gmail.com>
- In-Reply-To
- <7ccd0a9a6d89decaa5856494a184c71bc0d678e9.1770307510.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
On 2/5/2026 11:05 AM, Matthew John Cheetham via GitGitGadget wrote:
> diff --git a/compat/win32/trace2_win32_process_info.c b/compat/win32/trace2_win32_process_info.c
...
> #include "../../json-writer.h"
Are we able to delete this after your change?
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> pid = GetCurrentProcessId();
> while (find_pid(pid, hSnapshot, &pe32)) {
> - /* Only report parents. Omit self from the JSON output. */
> + /* Only report parents. Omit self from the output. */
> if (nr_pids)
> - jw_array_string(jw, pe32.szExeFile);
> + strvec_push(names, pe32.szExeFile);
>
> /* Check for cycle in snapshot. (Yes, it happened.) */
> for (k = 0; k < nr_pids; k++)
> if (pid == pid_list[k]) {
> - jw_array_string(jw, "(cycle)");
> + strvec_push(names, "(cycle)");
> return;
> }
>
> if (nr_pids == NR_PIDS_LIMIT) {
> - jw_array_string(jw, "(truncated)");
> + strvec_push(names, "(truncated)");
> return;
> }Nice replacement of JSON with strvec logic.
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> @@ -105,24 +101,14 @@ static void get_processes(struct json_writer *jw, HANDLE hSnapshot)
> }
>
> /*
> - * Emit JSON data for the current and parent processes. Individual
> - * trace2 targets can decide how to actually print it.
> + * Collect the list of parent process names.
> */
> -static void get_ancestry(void)
> +static void get_ancestry(struct strvec *names)
> {
> HANDLE hSnapshot = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0);
>
> if (hSnapshot != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
> - struct json_writer jw = JSON_WRITER_INIT;
> -
> - jw_array_begin(&jw, 0);
> - get_processes(&jw, hSnapshot);
> - jw_end(&jw);
> -
> - trace2_data_json("process", the_repository, "windows/ancestry",
> - &jw);
> -
> - jw_release(&jw);
> + get_processes(names, hSnapshot);
> CloseHandle(hSnapshot);Nice simplification!
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> void trace2_collect_process_info(enum trace2_process_info_reason reason)
> {
> + struct strvec names = STRVEC_INIT;
> +
> if (!trace2_is_enabled())
> return;
>
> switch (reason) {
> case TRACE2_PROCESS_INFO_STARTUP:
> get_is_being_debugged();
> - get_ancestry();
> + get_ancestry(&names);
> + if (names.nr) {
> + struct json_writer jw = JSON_WRITER_INIT;
> + jw_array_begin(&jw, 0);
> + for (size_t i = 0; i < names.nr; i++)
> + jw_array_string(&jw, names.v[i]);
> + jw_end(&jw);
> + trace2_data_json("process", the_repository,
> + "windows/ancestry", &jw);
> + jw_release(&jw);Ah, you still have JSON logic at this point.
I see that in your next patch you export the names vector itself _and_ this older JSON version. We should consider a future where we drop this JSON altogether, but it's nice to have both for a few versions so tool makers have time to respond.
Thanks, -Stolee