Re: [PATCHv6 4/5] tracing: Add register read/write tracing support

[Sai Prakash Ranjan <quic_saipraka@quicinc.com>]

Hi,

On 1/7/2022 8:26 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 10:40:05 +0530
> Sai Prakash Ranjan <quic_saipraka@quicinc.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> On 1/6/2022 11:48 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>>> This should not be in the kernel/trace directory. It should be in the
>> Hmm these are called from low level generic io header file
>> (include/asm-generic/) where
>> we wouldn't have any Kconfig to control this feature flexibly and as we
>> can have this as
>> a generic feature selectable by other architectures, wouldn't this be
>> suited in kernel/trace?
> Isn't there a place for generic rwmmio code?

I am thinking of moving it to lib/ similar to an interface of 
logic_iomem.c which
Arnd had initially suggested to look at.

>> I thought you were ok with the folder structure in the initial versions
>> of the series?
> Sorry, I missed the C file in kernel/trace. The files in kernel/trace tend
> to be specific for the internals of tracing. This C file is more to hold
> helper functions for mmio, which to me should be someplace for mmio code.
> Perhaps in mm/ ?
>

Oh ok, mm would not be the right fit as it is memory management and this 
is about
memory mapped IO, let me try and move it to lib/ as done for logic_iomem.c

Thanks,
Sai