Re: [PATCH 00/12 v2] ring-buffer/tracing: Remove disabling of ring buffer while reading trace file

[Steven Rostedt]

On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:07:00 +0000
David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > If needed, I can add a kernel command line option and a Kconfig that
> > makes this set to true by default.  
> 
> Maybe a different file 'trace_no_pause' ?

I rather not add another file, it adds more complexity, and confuses the
interface even more. I'll leave this as is.

> Along with the one that lets you read the raw trace and get EOF.

Can you explain this more? I think we talked about this before, but I don't
remember the details.

-- Steve