Re: [PATCH 2/2] tracing: Use seq_buf_hex_dump() to dump buffers

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed,  6 Nov 2019 07:27:40 +0100
Piotr Maziarz <piotrx.maziarz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Without this, buffers can be printed with __print_array macro that has
> no formatting options and can be hard to read. The other way is to
> mimic formatting capability with multiple calls of trace event with one
> call per row which gives performance impact and different timestamp in
> each row.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Piotr Maziarz <piotrx.maziarz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Cezary Rojewski <cezary.rojewski@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/trace_events.h |  5 +++++
>  include/linux/trace_seq.h    |  4 ++++
>  include/trace/trace_events.h |  6 ++++++
>  kernel/trace/trace_output.c  | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  kernel/trace/trace_seq.c     | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
> 

I'd like to see in the patch series (patch 3?) a use case of these
added functionality. Or at least a link to what would be using it.

Thanks!

-- Steve