Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v2] [PATCH 0/3] Monitor Support for 'simple' trace backend

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On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:08:56 +0200
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Markus Armbruster wrote:
> > Prerna Saxena <prerna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > 
> >> This is v2 of monitor commands based on Stefan's trace framework :
> >> ( http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2010-05/msg02407.html )
> >>
> >> This adds the following monitor commands for the 'simple' backend:
> >> - info trace 		: to view current contents of the trace buffer.
> >> - info tracepoints 	: to view all available tracepoints and their 
> >> 			  state.
> >> - tracepoint NAME on|off: to enable/disable the logging of data from 
> >> 			  tracepoint 'NAME'.
> >>
> >>
> >> Changelog :
> >> - Command 'info trace' is used to view current contents of buffer, in 
> >> place of 'trace'.
> >> - Cleanups
> > 
> > Do we want this in QMP?
> 
> For sure IMO. Maybe not in a hurry to avoid breakages until the whole
> tracing infrastructure has settled, but long-term to ease scripting etc.

 Yeah, that's why I didn't suggest it in my review.

> Still, let's not add this as an old-style monitor command, rather
> convert it to the new style, maybe blocking QMP for now. I'll post the
> required infrastructure for that blocking along my next device_show
> series (hopefully the next days).

 Agreed.
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