[PATCH v2 15/18] tracing/remotes: Add poll_ms tracefs file

From: Vincent Donnefort

Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 12:51:26 EST


Add a tracefs file to configure the trace remote polling period. Keep
the default value to 100ms.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
index cf99752e1cd5..f72fc862ae7f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_remote.c
@@ -1133,6 +1133,40 @@ static int dump_on_panic_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
}
DEFINE_TRACE_REMOTE_ATTRIBUTE(dump_on_panic);

+static ssize_t poll_ms_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct seq_file *seq = filp->private_data;
+ struct trace_remote *remote = seq->private;
+ unsigned int val;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = kstrtouint_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (!val)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&remote->lock);
+
+ if (val < remote->poll_ms && remote->poll_cnt)
+ mod_delayed_work(system_percpu_wq, &remote->poll_work, msecs_to_jiffies(val));
+
+ remote->poll_ms = val;
+
+ return cnt;
+}
+
+static int poll_ms_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
+{
+ struct trace_remote *remote = s->private;
+
+ seq_printf(s, "%u\n", remote->poll_ms);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+DEFINE_TRACE_REMOTE_ATTRIBUTE(poll_ms);
+
static int trace_remote_init_tracefs(const char *name, struct trace_remote *remote)
{
struct dentry *remote_d, *percpu_d, *d;
@@ -1165,6 +1199,10 @@ static int trace_remote_init_tracefs(const char *name, struct trace_remote *remo
if (!d)
goto err;

+ d = trace_create_file("poll_ms", TRACEFS_MODE_WRITE, remote_d, remote, &poll_ms_fops);
+ if (!d)
+ goto err;
+
d = trace_create_file("buffer_size_kb", TRACEFS_MODE_WRITE, remote_d, remote,
&buffer_size_kb_fops);
if (!d)
--
2.54.0.1032.g2f8565e1d1-goog