Re: [PATCH] tracing: Add WARN_ON_ONCE for syscall_nr check

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

On 2024-11-28 10:03, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 21:15:31 +0800
> Tao Chen <chen.dylane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Steve, thank you for your reply, as you say, so what about
> > pr_warn_once api just to print something ?
>
> A better solution is for there to be a return code or something where the
> tracers (perf or ftrace) can record in the trace that the system call is
> not supported.

Just be careful not to spam the traces uselessly. E.g. if only the
openat syscall is enabled, you'd only want to be made aware of the
ia32 openat, not all ia32 syscalls.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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