linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Kernel access to Ftrace instances

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Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:29:12 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Divya Indi <divya.indi@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joe Jin <joe.jin@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Kernel access to Ftrace instances

On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:28:51 -0700
Divya Indi <divya.indi@...cle.com> wrote:

> Ftrace provides the feature “instances” that provides the capability to
> create multiple Ftrace ring buffers. However, currently these buffers
> are created/accessed via userspace only. The kernel APIs providing these
> features are not exported, hence cannot be used by other kernel
> components.
> 
> This patch aims to extend this infrastructure to provide the
> flexibility to create/log/remove/ enable-disable existing trace events
> to these buffers from within the kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Divya Indi <divya.indi@...cle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Joe Jin <joe.jin@...cle.com>
> ---


I added this to my queue, for 5.2 and then we'll see what it will do.

-- Steve