Re: [PATCH 1/1] ftrace - add support for tracing_thresh tofunction_graph tracer

[Steven Rostedt]

On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 15:43 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> 
> Instead of having yet another check here, may be should we
> have a dedicated stub trace_graph_entry?
> 
> 
> 
> > @@ -254,6 +263,10 @@ static void __trace_graph_return(struct trace_array *tr,
> >  	if (unlikely(__this_cpu_read(per_cpu_var(ftrace_cpu_disabled))))
> >  		return;
> >  
> > +	if (tracing_thresh &&
> > +		(trace->rettime - trace->calltime < tracing_thresh))
> > +		return;
> > +
> 
> 
> 
> And perhaps we can do the same for the return handler?
> We could have a trace_graph_return_threshold that
> performs the above check and then relies on trace_graph_return.

So you mean to register a different type of function to the graph tracer
if trace_thresh is enabled? That does sound like a better idea.

-- Steve


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