Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/4] tracing: add rb_event_discard() hack

[Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 2009-03-17 at 21:21 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Tom Zanussi wrote:

> >  
> >  	rb_update_read_stamp(cpu_buffer, event);
> > @@ -2026,8 +2051,8 @@ rb_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts)
> >  	 * can have.  Nesting 10 deep of interrupts is clearly
> >  	 * an anomaly.
> >  	 */
> > -	if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, ++nr_loops > 10))
> > -		return NULL;
> > +//	if (RB_WARN_ON(cpu_buffer, ++nr_loops > 10))
> > +//		return NULL;
> 
> Were you hitting this? If so, we need to investigate.
> 

I was hitting this, but only because my code would always loop around to
'again' for a discarded event.  So, 10 discarded events in a row would
trigger it.

I noticed that your fix returns instead, so it's no longer a problem.

Thanks,

Tom