Re: [PATCH v6] Unified trace buffer

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Sep 26 2008 - 17:37:43 EST



On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Martin Bligh wrote:
>
> What did you guys think of Mathieu's idea of sticking the buffer length
> in the header here, rather than using padding events? Seemed cleaner
> to me.
>

OK, I just implemented the size field in the page struct. Seems to work
well. I'm still keeping the padded event, so in the future, if we ever
map these pages to userspace or files, these holes will have a type.

Will post later today, need to actually enter a real life for a bit.

-- Steve
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