[RFC][PATCH 09/11] tracing: Do not disable tracing when reading the trace file

[Steven Rostedt]

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

When opening the "trace" file, it is no longer necessary to disable tracing.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 1085b3d5d0dc..a60f49c401f9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4261,10 +4261,6 @@ __tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, bool snapshot)
 	if (trace_clocks[tr->clock_id].in_ns)
 		iter->iter_flags |= TRACE_FILE_TIME_IN_NS;
 
-	/* stop the trace while dumping if we are not opening "snapshot" */
-	if (!iter->snapshot)
-		tracing_stop_tr(tr);
-
 	if (iter->cpu_file == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS) {
 		for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
 			iter->buffer_iter[cpu] =
@@ -4358,10 +4354,6 @@ static int tracing_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (iter->trace && iter->trace->close)
 		iter->trace->close(iter);
 
-	if (!iter->snapshot)
-		/* reenable tracing if it was previously enabled */
-		tracing_start_tr(tr);
-
 	__trace_array_put(tr);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
-- 
2.25.1