Re: [PATCH 03/13] tracing: Move a printk out of ftrace_raw_reg_event_foo()

From: Li Zefan
Date: Tue Dec 08 2009 - 02:50:13 EST


>> -static void ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
>> +static int ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
>> int enable)
>> {
>> + int ret = 0;
>> +
>> switch (enable) {
>> case 0:
>> if (call->enabled) {
>> @@ -131,12 +133,19 @@ static void ftrace_event_enable_disable(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
>> break;
>> case 1:
>> if (!call->enabled) {
>> + ret = call->regfunc(call);
>> + if (ret) {
>> + pr_info("event trace: Could not enable event "
>> + "%s\n", call->name);
>> + break;
>> + }
>> call->enabled = 1;
>> tracing_start_cmdline_record();
>> - call->regfunc(call);
>
> That seems to open a tiny window during which we'll lose
> some pid -> comm resolution records.
>
> We should probably keep the previous call order.
>

Hm, actually the tiny window is already there in that
tracing_stop_cmdline_record() is called before call->unregfunc()..

So I can send a fix-up patch later.

> Other than that:
>
> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
>

Thanks.
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