[PATCH v2 3/3] tracing: Rename tracing_entries_fops to tracing_capacity_fops
From: Vincent Donnefort
Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 05:26:01 EST
Since commit 8a5f63637890 ("ring-buffer: Fix subbuf resize race with
ring buffer readers"), "capacity" refers to the memory available for
events, while "entries" refers to the number of events in a ring buffer.
As a consequence, rename trace_array::entries to capacity to align with
this convention.
While at it, rename also tracing_total_entries_fops. It is the aggragate
of all ring buffer capacities.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 25 +++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 400d7a97e745..780c4987032b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5672,8 +5672,7 @@ tracing_syscall_buf_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
}
static ssize_t
-tracing_entries_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
- size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+tracing_capacity_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
@@ -5720,8 +5719,7 @@ tracing_entries_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
}
static ssize_t
-tracing_entries_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
- size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+tracing_capacity_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
struct trace_array *tr = inode->i_private;
@@ -5748,8 +5746,7 @@ tracing_entries_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
}
static ssize_t
-tracing_total_entries_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
- size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+tracing_total_capacity_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
{
struct trace_array *tr = filp->private_data;
char buf[64];
@@ -6600,10 +6597,10 @@ static const struct file_operations tracing_pipe_fops = {
.release = tracing_release_pipe,
};
-static const struct file_operations tracing_entries_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations tracing_capacity_fops = {
.open = tracing_open_generic_tr,
- .read = tracing_entries_read,
- .write = tracing_entries_write,
+ .read = tracing_capacity_read,
+ .write = tracing_capacity_write,
.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
.release = tracing_release_generic_tr,
};
@@ -6623,9 +6620,9 @@ static const struct file_operations tracing_buffer_meta_fops = {
.release = tracing_seq_release,
};
-static const struct file_operations tracing_total_entries_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations tracing_total_capacity_fops = {
.open = tracing_open_generic_tr,
- .read = tracing_total_entries_read,
+ .read = tracing_total_capacity_read,
.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
.release = tracing_release_generic_tr,
};
@@ -7653,7 +7650,7 @@ tracing_init_tracefs_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, long cpu)
tr, cpu, &tracing_stats_fops);
trace_create_cpu_file("buffer_size_kb", TRACE_MODE_WRITE, d_cpu,
- tr, cpu, &tracing_entries_fops);
+ tr, cpu, &tracing_capacity_fops);
if (tr->range_addr_start)
trace_create_cpu_file("buffer_meta", TRACE_MODE_READ, d_cpu,
@@ -8954,10 +8951,10 @@ init_tracer_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer)
tr, &tracing_pipe_fops);
trace_create_file("buffer_size_kb", writable_mode, d_tracer,
- tr, &tracing_entries_fops);
+ tr, &tracing_capacity_fops);
trace_create_file("buffer_total_size_kb", TRACE_MODE_READ, d_tracer,
- tr, &tracing_total_entries_fops);
+ tr, &tracing_total_capacity_fops);
trace_create_file("trace_clock", writable_mode, d_tracer, tr,
&trace_clock_fops);
--
2.55.0.979.g7e5102b832-goog