On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 09:59:29 +0100 vincent.donnefort@xxxxxxx wrote: > From: Vincent Donnefort <vincent.donnefort@xxxxxxx> > > During the introduction of instance's output_file copy: > > 3a206ca ("trace-cmd: Have instances include a copy of its output file") > > The extract path has been omitted, causing the temp files created to be > written in the same directory using the null "output_file" of the > instance, to create "(null).cpuX" files. If this is executed in a > directory that is not writable (like /sys/kernel/tracing) or does not > have enough space to hold the temp files, then it will fail to write. > > Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vincent.donnefort@xxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-record.c b/tracecmd/trace-record.c > index bd00457..72a5c8c 100644 > --- a/tracecmd/trace-record.c > +++ b/tracecmd/trace-record.c > @@ -6622,6 +6622,9 @@ void trace_extract(int argc, char **argv) > > /* Save the state of tracing_on before starting */ > for_all_instances(instance) { > + instance->output_file = strdup(ctx.output); > + if (!instance->output_file) > + die("Failed to allocate output file name for instance"); > > if (!ctx.manual && instance->flags & BUFFER_FL_PROFILE) > enable_profile(ctx.instance); Applied. Thanks Vincent! -- Steve