Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] tracefs: add instances support for uprobe events

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Aug 02 2016 - 14:09:12 EST


On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:57:30 +0530
Hari Bathini <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> where a mountable instance is more than a trace array.
> This may need addition of new flags for trace array saying
> whether it is a global trace or directory instance or mountable instance.
> Also, the helper functions that add/remove events need to be tweaked
> accordingly.

BTW, I'm curious to how you handle the rest of the trace files in a
container? The tracing system really looks at the Linux kernel as a
whole, and for the most part ignores things like name spaces.

Can a container have its own function tracing?

-- Steve