[PATCH 2/2] tracing: Call traceoff trigger after event is recorded

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sun Sep 25 2016 - 10:48:07 EST


From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Call traceoff trigger after the event is recorded.
Since current traceoff trigger is called before recording
the event, we can not know what event stopped tracing.

Typical usecase of traceoff/traceon trigger is tracing
function calls and trace events between a pair of events.
For example, trace function calls between syscall entry/exit.
In that case, it is useful if we can see the return code
of the target syscall.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/147335074530.12462.4526186083406015005.stgit@devbox

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index a975571cde24..6721a1e89f39 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -1028,6 +1028,7 @@ static struct event_command trigger_traceon_cmd = {
static struct event_command trigger_traceoff_cmd = {
.name = "traceoff",
.trigger_type = ETT_TRACE_ONOFF,
+ .flags = EVENT_CMD_FL_POST_TRIGGER,
.func = event_trigger_callback,
.reg = register_trigger,
.unreg = unregister_trigger,
--
2.8.1