Re: [PATCH 0/1] Put seq_buf on a diet

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Oct 19 2023 - 17:18:25 EST


On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:14:39 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:45:13 +0100
> "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Prompted by the recent mails on ksummit, let's actually try to make this
> > work this time. We need a container for manipulating strings easily,
> > and seq_buf is the closest thing we have to it. The only problem I have
> > with it is the readpos that is only useful for the tracing code today.
> > So move it from the seq_buf to the tracing code.
> >
> > We should go further with this patch series, including using seq_buf
> > within vsprintf, but if we can't get over this hurdle first, I'm not
> > going to waste my time on this again.
> >
> > Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) (1):
> > trace: Move readpos from seq_buf to trace_seq
> >
> > include/linux/seq_buf.h | 5 +----
> > include/linux/trace_seq.h | 2 ++
> > kernel/trace/trace.c | 10 +++++-----
> > kernel/trace/trace_seq.c | 6 +++++-
> > lib/seq_buf.c | 13 +++++--------
> > 5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >
>
> Thanks Matthew, I'll pull this in and add it to my for-next queue (after
> testing)

Actually,

Can you resend it, and Cc: linux-trace-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that it
goes into patchwork.

Thanks!

-- Steve