Message-ID:  <176828713313.2161268.62228177827727824.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:52:13 +0900
From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/2] tracing: Remove backup instance after read all

Hi,

Here is the 3rd version of the series to improve backup instances of
the persistent ring buffer. The previous version is here:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/176788217131.1398317.11144318616426272901.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com/

In this version, I updated [1/2] to back to checking readonly
flag and consolidate the eventfs_entries.

Since backup instances are a kind of snapshot of the persistent
ring buffer, it should be readonly. And if it is readonly
there is no reason to keep it after reading all data via trace_pipe
because the data has been consumed.
Thus, [1/2] makes backup instances readonly (not able to write any
events, cleanup trace, change buffer size). Also, [2/2] removes the
backup instance after consuming all data via trace_pipe.
With this improvements, even if we makes a backup instance (using
the same amount of memory of the persistent ring buffer), it will
be removed after reading the data automatically.

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) (2):
      tracing: Make the backup instance readonly
      tracing: Add autoremove feature to the backup instance


 kernel/trace/trace.c        |  164 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 kernel/trace/trace.h        |   14 +++-
 kernel/trace/trace_boot.c   |    5 +
 kernel/trace/trace_events.c |   68 +++++++++++-------
 4 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>

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