On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 17:11:05 +0200 "Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware)" <tz.stoyanov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Trace file version 7 has more flexible design, which allows to write only > CPUs with trace data in the file. If a CPU has no recorded trace data, > do not put it in the trace file version 7. > Will both trace-cmd record and report still report that a CPU had no data? Because that is useful information. -- Steve > Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c > index 028ad580..2ed7155b 100644 > --- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c > +++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c > @@ -2079,8 +2079,10 @@ int tracecmd_write_cpu_data(struct tracecmd_output *handle, > > if (i < cpus) > ret = -1; > - else > + else if (size || !HAS_SECTIONS(handle)) > ret = out_write_cpu_data(handle, cpus, data, buff_name); > + else > + ret = 0; > > for (i--; i >= 0; i--) > close(data[i].fd);