Re: [PATCH 0/3] tools lib traceevent: Options for plugins

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

Hi Steven,

On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 15:48:24 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> trace-cmd has a way to set options for plugins, via the command
> line parameter. For example, you can add or remove the parent
> from being printed in function tracing by adding:
>
>   -O parent=1
>   -O parent=0
>
> This is passed later to the plugin in. But the plugin itself requires
> registering to the application what options it supplies.
>
> This is a three patch series. The first is to set a flag in pevent
> that would prevent plugins from being loaded. This can be supplied
> by the command line as well to produce the old "raw" events.
>
> The second patch adds the infrastructure to let plugins have options.
>
> The third patch adds the options "parent" and "indent" to the
> function plugin. The indent option lets the user print functions
> with or without indenting by their parents.
>
> All that needs to be done now is to add the options to the perf
> command line. Namhyung? ;-)

Well, I'll think about it, maybe next week (or later ;-p)?

Thanks,
Namhyung