Re: [RFC][PATCH 12/11] selftest/ftrace: Fix function trigger test to handle trace not disabling the tracer

[Shuah Khan]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 9:13 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> The ftrace selftest "ftrace - test for function traceon/off triggers"
> enables all events and reads the trace file. Now that the trace file does
> not disable tracing, and will attempt to continually read new data that is
> added, the selftest gets stuck reading the trace file. This is because the
> data added to the trace file will fill up quicker than the reading of it.
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> By only enabling scheduling events, the read can keep up with the writes.
> Instead of enabling all events, only enable the scheduler events.
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> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>  .../selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_traceonoff_triggers.tc  | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

+  linux-kselttest and my LF email.

thanks,
-- Shuah