From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F43C3F2CD for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2020 00:36:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8154D24699 for ; Mon, 2 Mar 2020 00:36:53 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 8154D24699 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=goodmis.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0780F6E237; Mon, 2 Mar 2020 00:36:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D4F66E237; Mon, 2 Mar 2020 00:36:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oasis.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E6391246B7; Mon, 2 Mar 2020 00:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 19:36:49 -0500 From: Steven Rostedt To: Chris Wilson Message-ID: <20200301193649.71da6747@oasis.local.home> In-Reply-To: <158310134594.5508.5362429296192213548@skylake-alporthouse-com> References: <20200301155248.4132645-1-chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> <20200301131816.277dd398@oasis.local.home> <158310134594.5508.5362429296192213548@skylake-alporthouse-com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH 1/2] trace: Export anonymous tracing X-BeenThere: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Intel graphics driver community testing & development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: intel-gfx-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "Intel-gfx" On Sun, 01 Mar 2020 22:22:25 +0000 Chris Wilson wrote: > > I'm curious to why we need it to be anonymous. Why not allow them to be > > visible from the tracing directory. This could allow for easier > > debugging. Note, the trace instances have ref counters thus they can't > > be removed if something has a reference to it. > > Do you really want a few thousand (or even tens) i915-client-%d? That > does not particularly seem like it adds ease-of-use, and would need to be > restricted to the client [or root]. The intent is for the client to have > a private channel for detailed debug/error reporting of its own calls > into the kernel. Wow! I didn't expect this to have that many anonymous users. What is the use case for again? -- Steve _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx