Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:36:58 -0400 (EDT) | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tracing/lockdep: turn lock->name into an array |
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On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 10:25 -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > > Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > We could zap all pending trace entries on module unload (it is a > > > rare operation) > > > > ....Unless you're trying to trace something across a module unload. I > > don't know if its at all practical, but it would be nice to just zap the > > pointers within the buffer, rather than the whole buffer. > > I think the new __string() thing that's in the works will avoid the > whole problem by copying the string into the buffer, instead of keeping > a reference.
Speaking of which. We have not heard back from Frederic on this yet. I hope he's taking a break, enjoying the sun, and not stuck on some tricky macro crap ;-)
-- Steve
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