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SubjectRe: [PATCH v15 2/4] trace/objtrace: Get the value of the object
On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 11:53 PM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:27:10 +0800
> Jeff Xie <xiehuan09@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > It also looks like the "add" command field has been removed,
> > Masami previously suggested I to add a reserved command field for the
> > future (see [1] and [2]):
> >
> > [1]:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211026225234.549ec8e9eb59f1fd1671edbc@kernel.org/
> >
> > [2]:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211105004704.3f4aa456c2c537a56f64e65a@kernel.org/
>
> Ah, I see. add means enable the tracing and del means disable.
>
> Masami, perhaps we should call it "enable/disable" instead? Because, to
> me "del" means to remove it (permanently), where as "enable/disable"
> matches other triggers like the "enable/disable event" that starts and
> stops another event.
>
> >
> >
> > > This code is available in the kprobe code that eprobes also uses:
> > >
> > > See process_fetch_insn() in kernel/trace/trace_eprobe.c
> > >
> > > and the parsing of the string is in kernel/trace/trace_probe.c:
> > >
> > > parse_probe_arg()
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for your guidance, but the next merge window is coming soon,
> > and since I'm not doing full-time kernel development,
> > I can't guarantee that the development and testing of this change will
> > be completed before the next window merge.
> >
> > Anyone familiar with this code providing a patch is welcome ;-)
>
> If I get a chance, I may see if I can quickly implement it.

Thanks a lot ;-)

>
> >
> > >
> > > I think doing this will make it much more extensive, not to mention it
> > > will match the syntax of other code in the tracing infrastructure.
> >
> > I super agree.
>
> Thanks for you patience, and I'm sorry it took so long for me to review
> it.

Nevermind, I've always been a fan of ftrace.

>
> -- Steve



--
Thanks,
JeffXie

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