linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Restore system filter behavior

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Message-ID: <1320259868.4793.46.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:51:08 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Restore system filter behavior

On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 14:22 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> The above shows how things are just ambiguous. I have no problem in
> using the top filter to set multiple events. But the top filter should
> not keep the state of what was set. Perhaps just have system event
> filters always show default text. Like:
> 
> # cat /debug/tracing/events/sched/filter
> ### global filter ###
> # Use this to set multiple event filters
> # Only affects events that have the event fields specified in the filter
> 
> 
> I'll add your patch, but are you OK with the above always printing for
> system event filters?  Just to remove the ambiguous state.


As the filter is also used to show errors, I'll only have it print the
"message" if the filter worked. If there's an error, then the error
message will display instead.

-- Steve


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