Re: [patch 4/5] x86, ftrace, hw-branch-tracer: reset trace on close

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Jan 16 2009 - 10:01:59 EST



On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 12:01 +0100, Markus Metzger wrote:
> Reset the ftrace buffer on close. Since we use cyclic buffers to store
> the trace, the trace is not contiguous, anyway. This behaviour should
> be more natural.

So you want multiple reads of /debug/tracing/trace to return different
output? Kind of like the trace_pipe? But trace_pipe is a real consumer.

>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Index: ftrace/kernel/trace/trace_hw_branches.c
> ===================================================================
> --- ftrace.orig/kernel/trace/trace_hw_branches.c 2009-01-14 15:26:11.000000000 +0100
> +++ ftrace/kernel/trace/trace_hw_branches.c 2009-01-14 15:26:16.000000000 +0100
> @@ -272,6 +272,11 @@
> mutex_unlock(&bts_tracer_mutex);
> }
>
> +static void trace_bts_close(struct trace_iterator *iter)
> +{
> + tracing_reset_online_cpus(iter->tr);
> +}
> +
> void trace_hw_branch_oops(void)
> {
> mutex_lock(&bts_tracer_mutex);
> @@ -290,7 +295,8 @@

BTW, can you run your diff with the -p option. This will help in knowing
which function the change is in. There's some hunks where it is
ambiguous. If you use quilt, you can add:

QUILT_DIFF_OPTS='-p'

to you .quiltrc file.

-- Steve



> .print_line = bts_trace_print_line,
> .start = bts_trace_start,
> .stop = bts_trace_stop,
> - .open = trace_bts_prepare
> + .open = trace_bts_prepare,
> + .close = trace_bts_close
> };
>
> __init static int init_bts_trace(void)
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