linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Include PPIN in mce

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:57:08 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: "Naik, Avadhut" <avadnaik@....com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Avadhut Naik <avadhut.naik@....com>,
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yazen.ghannam@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Include PPIN in mce_record tracepoint

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 08:38:53PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Yes, rasdaemon uses libtraceevent (or a copy of it internally) that
> reads the format file to find fields. You can safely add fields to the
> middle of the event structure and the parsing will be just fine.

Should we worry about tools who consume the event "blindly", without the
lib?

I guess no until we break some use case and then we will have to revert.
At least this is what we've done in the past...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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