linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] tracefs: add instances support for uprobe events

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Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 13:49:35 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	daniel@...earbox.net, peterz@...radead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...nel.org,
	alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	paulus@...ba.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com, kernel@...p.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, aravinda@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	ananth@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 2/3] tracefs: add instances support for uprobe
 events

On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:57:30 +0530
Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> where a mountable instance is more than a trace array.
> This may need addition of new flags for trace array saying
> whether it is a global trace or directory instance or mountable instance.
> Also, the helper functions that add/remove events need to be tweaked 
> accordingly.

BTW, I'm curious to how you handle the rest of the trace files in a
container? The tracing system really looks at the Linux kernel as a
whole, and for the most part ignores things like name spaces.

Can a container have its own function tracing?

-- Steve