Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: functions: add ftrace export over USB

[Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@linux.intel.com>]

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Hi,

Pratyush Anand <panand@redhat.com> writes:
> Hi Felipe,
>
> On Friday 09 June 2017 11:43 AM, Felipe Balbi wrote:
>> +static void notrace ftrace_write(struct trace_export *ftrace, const void *buf,
>> +				 unsigned int len)
>> +{
>> +	struct usb_ftrace		*trace = ftrace_to_trace(ftrace);
>> +	struct usb_request		*req = next_request(&trace->list);
>> +
>> +	if (!req)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	if (!trace->in->enabled)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	req->buf = kmemdup(buf, len, GFP_ATOMIC);
>
> Probably we can avoid the copy of trace data.

not with current setup. I have no control over data's lifetime. If I
did, then this would be zero-copy.

> We can make write() call of "struct trace_export" as posted. Can have a 

that would require further patching in trace core which is not part of
$subject. Also, if we turn this into asynchronous calls, we could run
out of trace buffer before the first chunk of data is transferred over
to the other side.

> write_complete() callback function implemented in  struct trace_export,which 
> can be called from your ftrace_complete().

well, you're welcome to propose a patch :-)

-- 
balbi

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