linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v1 1/1] scsi: ufs: Add command logging infrastructure

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Date:   Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:33:10 +0000
From:   Avri Altman <Avri.Altman@....com>
To:     "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Can Guo <cang@...eaurora.org>,
        "asutoshd@...eaurora.org" <asutoshd@...eaurora.org>,
        "nguyenb@...eaurora.org" <nguyenb@...eaurora.org>,
        "rnayak@...eaurora.org" <rnayak@...eaurora.org>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-team@...roid.com" <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        "saravanak@...gle.com" <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        "salyzyn@...gle.com" <salyzyn@...gle.com>
CC:     Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
        Pedro Sousa <pedrom.sousa@...opsys.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Evan Green <evgreen@...omium.org>,
        Janek Kotas <jank@...ence.com>,
        Stanley Chu <stanley.chu@...iatek.com>,
        Bean Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>,
        Subhash Jadavani <subhashj@...eaurora.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 1/1] scsi: ufs: Add command logging infrastructure

 
> 
> > Add the necessary infrastructure to keep timestamp history of
> > commands, events and other useful info for debugging complex issues.
> > This helps in diagnosing events leading upto failure.
> 
> Why not use tracepoints, for that?
Ack on Tomas's comment.
Are there any pieces of information that you need not provided by the upiu tracer?

Thanks,
Avri