Re: [PATCH 1/5] ftrace: Support full glob matching

[Masami Hiramatsu]

On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 09:20:57 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:53:36 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Use glob_match() to support flexible glob wildcards (*,?)
> > and character classes ([) for ftrace.
> > Since the full glob matching is slower than the current
> > partial matching routines(*pat, pat*, *pat*), this leaves
> > those routines and just add MATCH_GLOB for complex glob
> > expression.
> > 
> > e.g.
> > ----
> > [root@localhost tracing]# echo 'sched*group' > set_ftrace_filter
> > [root@localhost tracing]# cat set_ftrace_filter
> > sched_free_group
> > sched_change_group
> > sched_create_group
> > sched_online_group
> > sched_destroy_group
> > sched_offline_group
> > [root@localhost tracing]# echo '[Ss]y[Ss]_*' > set_ftrace_filter
> > [root@localhost tracing]# head set_ftrace_filter
> > sys_arch_prctl
> > sys_rt_sigreturn
> > sys_ioperm
> > SyS_iopl
> > sys_modify_ldt
> > SyS_mmap
> > SyS_set_thread_area
> > SyS_get_thread_area
> > SyS_set_tid_address
> > sys_fork
> > ----
> 
> Hi Masami,
> 
> Is this any different than your last patch, as I already pulled it into
> my queue. I haven't been able to test it much, as I found that 4.9-rc1
> is failing my tests, and I can't add new code to linux-next till 4.9 is
> stable.

This patch is completely same as the last patch. If you already queued it,
please ignore this [1/5].

And OK, what kind of tests are failed on 4.9-rc1? I though a possible
kernel freeze in 4.8 when I ran ftracetest, but it seemed disappeared
in 4.9-rc1.

Thanks,


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>