Re: [BUG?] tracing/function_graph: set_graph_function was brokenfrom 2.6.36-rc2

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 17:27 +0800, wu zhangjin wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> trace_graph_entry():
> >>
> >>         [snip]
> >>         /* trace it when it is-nested-in or is a function enabled. */
> >>         if (!(trace->depth || ftrace_graph_addr(trace->func)) ||
> >>               ftrace_graph_ignore_irqs())
> >>                 return 0;
> >>         [snip]
> >>
> 
> By default, ftrace_graph_ignore_irqs() is false, then, if we don't put
> 0 to /debug/tracing/options/funcgraph-irqs, it will not return even if
> we have specified some entries through the tracing/set_graph_function
> interface, as a result, every function will be traced and it doesn't
> work as we expected, the expected result is only the specified
> functions are reserved in the tracing result.
> 

???

It's an or, if the first case is true:

  !(trace->depth || ftrace_graph_addr(trace->func))

then we return and do not trace. Regardless of what
ftrace_graph_ignore_irqs() is set to.

Can you show me an example of what you are having a problem with?

-- Steve


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