Re: [PATCH v6 04/24] tracing: Add reset to trace remotes

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:13:52 +0100
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> @@ -400,7 +436,9 @@ static int trace_remote_init_tracefs(const char *name, struct trace_remote *remo
>  	    !trace_create_file("buffer_size_kb", TRACEFS_MODE_WRITE, remote_d, remote,
>  			       &buffer_size_kb_fops) ||
>  	    !trace_create_file("trace_pipe", TRACEFS_MODE_READ, remote_d, remote,
> -			       &trace_pipe_fops))
> +			       &trace_pipe_fops) ||
> +	    !trace_create_file("trace", 0200, remote_d, remote,
> +			       &trace_fops))
>  		goto err;
>  
>  	percpu_d = tracefs_create_dir("per_cpu", remote_d);
> @@ -422,7 +460,9 @@ static int trace_remote_init_tracefs(const char *name, struct trace_remote *remo
>  		}
>  
>  		if (!trace_create_cpu_file("trace_pipe", TRACEFS_MODE_READ, cpu_d, remote, cpu,
> -					   &trace_pipe_fops))
> +					   &trace_pipe_fops) ||
> +		    !trace_create_cpu_file("trace", 0200, cpu_d, remote, cpu,
> +					   &trace_fops))
>  			goto err;
>  	}

I wonder if we should name the file "reset" to not be confusing to users
when they cat the file and it doesn't produce any output.

-- Steve