Re: [PATCH] blktrace: Gracefully return if fail in blk_register_tracepoints()
From: Chaitanya Kulkarni
Date: Tue Mar 28 2023 - 13:58:55 EST
On 3/28/23 02:46, Zheng Yejian wrote:
> Currently blk_register_tracepoints() WARN for every registration failure
> of block tracepoint, however, blk_trace can still be setup-ed.
>
> It seems better to cleanup registered tracepoints and return error when
> a certain registration failed, even if it's a small probability, and
> users can know the error and do blk_trace setup again.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Yejian <zhengyejian1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
So far I'm fine with current code as this adds a lot of code.
I've thought of doing this when I worked on blktrace extension, but
others are okay with it sure ..
-ck