There is a resrtiction of "trace-cmd start" which does not allow it to run a command, specified by "-F" option or at the end of the command line. However, there are use cases where this is useful. The resrtiction is removed, it allows "trace-cmd start" to run commands just like "trace-cmd record". Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/trace-cmd-start.1.txt | 2 +- tracecmd/trace-record.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++-------- tracecmd/trace-usage.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/trace-cmd-start.1.txt b/Documentation/trace-cmd-start.1.txt index 2b027b01..63d2034c 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace-cmd-start.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace-cmd-start.1.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ system or can be extracted with trace-cmd-extract(1). OPTIONS ------- The options are the same as 'trace-cmd-record(1)', except that it does not -take options specific to recording (*-s*, *-o*, *-F*, *-N*, and *-t*). +take options specific to recording (*-s*, *-o*, *-N*, and *-t*). SEE ALSO -------- diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-record.c b/tracecmd/trace-record.c index 3242368e..f345c6d6 100644 --- a/tracecmd/trace-record.c +++ b/tracecmd/trace-record.c @@ -1598,7 +1598,8 @@ static void run_cmd(enum trace_type type, const char *user, int argc, char **arg /* child */ update_task_filter(); tracecmd_enable_tracing(); - enable_ptrace(); + if (type != TRACE_TYPE_START) + enable_ptrace(); /* * If we are using stderr for stdout, switch * it back to the saved stdout for the code we run. @@ -1619,6 +1620,8 @@ static void run_cmd(enum trace_type type, const char *user, int argc, char **arg die("Failed to exec %s", argv[0]); } } + if (type & TRACE_TYPE_START) + exit(0); if (do_ptrace) { ptrace_attach(NULL, pid); ptrace_wait(type); @@ -5782,6 +5785,14 @@ static void add_arg(struct buffer_instance *instance, /* Not found? */ } +static inline void cmd_check_die(struct common_record_context *ctx, + enum trace_cmd id, char *cmd, char *param) +{ + if (ctx->curr_cmd == id) + die("%s has no effect with the command %s\n" + "Did you mean 'record'?", param, cmd); +} + static void parse_record_options(int argc, char **argv, enum trace_cmd curr_cmd, @@ -6114,6 +6125,7 @@ static void parse_record_options(int argc, die("Failed to allocate user name"); break; case OPT_procmap: + cmd_check_die(ctx, CMD_start, *(argv+1), "--proc-map"); ctx->instance->get_procmap = 1; break; case OPT_date: @@ -6221,9 +6233,6 @@ static void parse_record_options(int argc, die(" -c can only be used with -F (or -P with event-fork support)"); if ((argc - optind) >= 2) { - if (IS_START(ctx)) - die("Command start does not take any commands\n" - "Did you mean 'record'?"); if (IS_EXTRACT(ctx)) die("Command extract does not take any commands\n" "Did you mean 'record'?"); @@ -6244,6 +6253,9 @@ static void parse_record_options(int argc, } } + if (do_ptrace && IS_START(ctx)) + die("ptrace not supported with command start"); + for_all_instances(instance) { if (instance->get_procmap && !instance->nr_filter_pids) { warning("--proc-map is ignored for instance %s, " @@ -6410,10 +6422,6 @@ static void record_trace(int argc, char **argv, signal(SIGINT, finish); if (!latency) start_threads(type, ctx); - } else { - update_task_filter(); - tracecmd_enable_tracing(); - exit(0); } if (ctx->run_command) { @@ -6428,6 +6436,10 @@ static void record_trace(int argc, char **argv, update_task_filter(); tracecmd_enable_tracing(); + + if (type & TRACE_TYPE_START) + exit(0); + /* We don't ptrace ourself */ if (do_ptrace) { for_all_instances(instance) { diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-usage.c b/tracecmd/trace-usage.c index d43ca490..58bca9e4 100644 --- a/tracecmd/trace-usage.c +++ b/tracecmd/trace-usage.c @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static struct usage_help usage_help[] = { "start", "start tracing without recording into a file", " %s start [-e event][-p plugin][-d][-O option ][-P pid]\n" - " Uses same options as record, but does not run a command.\n" + " Uses same options as record.\n" " It only enables the tracing and exits\n" }, { -- 2.26.2