Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] tracing: Record and show boot ID in last_boot_info

[Steven Rostedt]

On Sun, 24 May 2026 10:44:39 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > If the get_boot_id() is accepted by the random folks, then I'm fine with
> > this change.  
> 
> Yeah, BTW, Sashiko found this can be initialized before we get enough
> entropy for random seed. Maybe we need one more delay.

Well, maybe for adding the boot_id later, but the code that initializes the
buffers needs to stay early. With the backup instance, the persistent ring
buffer can restart tracing immediately.

-- Steve