Re: [PATCH v4 00/13] [RfC] fix tracing for modules

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>]

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On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 08:32:05AM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 04:14:12PM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 03:24:01PM +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> > > First version that actually works.  Only qxl covered for this RfC,
> > > other modules will follow once the basics are hashed out.
> > > 
> > > v4:
> > >  - rebase to latest master.
> > >  - fix systemtap tracing.
> > >  - also cover virtio-gpu modules.
> > >  - pick up some review tags.
> > >  - misc minor tweaks.
> > > 
> > > v3:
> > >  - handle initialization of modular tracepoints.
> > > 
> > > TODO:
> > > Enabling modular tracepoints via -trace cmd line doesn't work yet.
> > > Guess we need to store the list somewhere for later re-processing.
> > > Error handling is tricky, specifically the "tracepoint doesn't exist"
> > > error.  Suggestions / ideas are welcome.
> > 
> > Excellent! I think we discussed these TODOs in the past. Can we merge
> > this series in close to its current form or does it degrade the tracing
> > experience (e.g. does the -trace command-line no longer work for
> > trace-events files that were split off into modules)?
> 
> Main focus for v4 was to make stap work.
> The cmd line issue is still there.
> 
> Patches 1-5 can be cherry-picked without breaking something.

Thanks, I have applied Patches 1-5 to my tracing tree:
https://gitlab.com/stefanha/qemu/-/tree/tracing

Stefan

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