linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: do not create option file latency-format

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Message-ID: <20200516131521.02005210@oasis.local.home>
Date:   Sat, 16 May 2020 13:15:21 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: do not create option file latency-format

On Sun, 17 May 2020 00:10:17 +0800
Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com> wrote:

> The flag LATENCY_FMT actually is usually set by latency tracers internally.
> So I think we should not export it to userspace. This patch removes the
> option file 'latency-format' but keep the flag defined as usual.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>
> ---

Sorry, I actually do sometimes use that option for things other than
latency tracers. So NACK.

-- Steve