Re: [PATCH v3] tracing: Support to dump instance traces by ftrace_dump_on_oops

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On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:49:00 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:23:58 +0800
> Huang Yiwei <quic_hyiwei@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > And if we really want to be fancy!
> > > 
> > > 	ftrace_dump_on_opps[=orig_cpu | =<instance> | =orig_cpu:<instance> ][,<instance> | ,<instance>:orig_cpu]
> > >     
> > Yeah, I agree to make the parameter more flexible.
> > 
> > "=orig_cpu:<instance>" means to dump global and another instance?  
> 
> No, I added a comma for that:
> 
>   =,orig_cpu:<instance>
> 
> Would mean to dump all of global and just the origin CPU of the instance.
> 
> > 
> > I'm thinking of the following format:
> > 
> > ftrace_dump_on_opps[=orig_cpu | =<instance>][,<instance> | 
> > ,<instance>=orig_cpu]
> > 
> > Here list some possible situations:
> > 
> > 1. Dump global on orig_cpu:
> > ftrace_dump_on_oops=orig_cpu
> > 
> > 2. Dump global and instance1 on all cpu, instance2 on orig_cpu:
> > ftrace_dump_on_opps,<instance1>,<instance2>=orig_cpu
> > 
> > 3. Dump global and instance1 on orig_cpu, instance2 on all cpu:
> > ftrace_dump_on_opps=orig_cpu,<instance1>=orig_cpu,<instance2>
> > 
> > 4. Dump instance1 on all cpu, instance2 on orig_cpu:
> > ftrace_dump_on_opps=<instance1>,<instance2>=orig_cpu
> > 
> > 5. Dump instance1 and instance2 on orig_cpu:
> > ftrace_dump_on_opps=<instance1>=orig_cpu,<instance2>=orig_cpu
> > 
> > This makes orig_cpu dump for global same as instance, the parameter may 
> > seems more unified and users don't need to remember another markers to 
> > request orig_cpu dump.
> > 
> > But one problem here is if there's an instance named "orig_cpu", then we 
> > may not dump it correctly.  
> 
> I would put that under:
> 
>    Patient: Doctor it hurts me when I do this
>    Doctor:  Then don't do that
> 
> ;-)

Oh, and I'm fine with what you proposed above.

-- Steve





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