Re: [PATCH] tracing: dont reset set_ftrace_filter/notrace when opened with r/w perm

[Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>]

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 05:37:24PM +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > If user setup set_ftrace_filter/set_ftrace_notrace files and then opens them
> > with read&write permissions, the previous setup will be removed.
> > 
> 
> Currently:
> 
>  # echo 'sys_open sys_close' > set_ftrace_filter
>  # cat set_ftrace_filter
>  sys_open
>  sys_close
> 
> After your patch:
> 
>  # echo 'sys_open sys_close' > set_ftrace_filter
>  # cat set_ftrace_filter
>  sys_close
> 

oops, sry I missed this..

Following patch adds new FTRACE_ITER_RESET flag, as the decision needs
to be taken in "open" and applied in "write".  I'm not sure whats the
policy for adding new flags, but it looks ok to me.

wbr,
jirka


Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 4521c77..29c4b67 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -1364,6 +1364,7 @@ enum {
 	FTRACE_ITER_FAILURES	= (1 << 3),
 	FTRACE_ITER_PRINTALL	= (1 << 4),
 	FTRACE_ITER_HASH	= (1 << 5),
+	FTRACE_ITER_RESET	= (1 << 6),
 };
 
 #define FTRACE_BUFF_MAX (KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN+4) /* room for wildcards */
@@ -1663,11 +1664,11 @@ ftrace_regex_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, int enable)
 	mutex_lock(&ftrace_regex_lock);
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
 	    !(file->f_flags & O_APPEND))
-		ftrace_filter_reset(enable);
+		iter->flags |= FTRACE_ITER_RESET;
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
 		iter->pg = ftrace_pages_start;
-		iter->flags = enable ? FTRACE_ITER_FILTER :
+		iter->flags |= enable ? FTRACE_ITER_FILTER :
 			FTRACE_ITER_NOTRACE;
 
 		ret = seq_open(file, &show_ftrace_seq_ops);
@@ -2267,6 +2268,11 @@ ftrace_regex_write(struct file *file, const char __user *ubuf,
 	} else
 		iter = file->private_data;
 
+	if (iter->flags & FTRACE_ITER_RESET) {
+		ftrace_filter_reset(enable);
+		iter->flags &= ~FTRACE_ITER_RESET;
+	}
+
 	if (!*ppos) {
 		iter->flags &= ~FTRACE_ITER_CONT;
 		iter->buffer_idx = 0;