Re: [PATCH] io_uring: Add to traces the req pointer when available

[Pavel Begunkov]

On 5/26/21 6:19 PM, Olivier Langlois wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-05-26 at 12:18 -0400, Olivier Langlois wrote:
>>>
>>> If that gets changed, could be also include the personality id and
>>> flags here,
>>> and maybe also translated the opcode and flags to human readable
>>> strings?
>>>
>> If Jens and Pavel agrees that they would like to see this info in the
>> traces, I have no objection adding it.
>>
> I need to learn to think longer before replying...
> 
> opcode in readable string:
> If Jens and Pavel agrees to it, easy to add

Don't mind having them, may be useful, but let's leave stringification
to the userspace, values are well defined so shouldn't be a problem

liburing maybe?

> 
> flags:
> You have my support that it is indeed a very useful info to have in the
> submit_sqe trace when debugging with traces
> 
> flags in readable string:
> After thinking about it, I wouldn't do it. Converting a bitmask of
> flags into a string isn't that complex but it isn't trivial neither.
> This certainly adds a maintenance burden every time the flags would be
> updated. I wouldn't want that burden on my shoulders.
> 
> 

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Pavel Begunkov