leandrof/linux
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

tracing: provide trace_seq_reserve()

Browse Source 
trace_seq_reserve() allows a caller to reserve space in a trace_seq and
write directly into it. This makes it easier to export binary data to
userspace via the tracing interface, by simply filling in a struct.

Signed-off-by: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
This commit is contained in:
Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu 2009-03-23 15:12:22 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 2a4efa4245
commit bdd6df6af9
2 changed files with 14 additions and 0 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

13
kernel/trace/trace_output.c
View File

@ -167,6 +167,19 @@ int trace_seq_putmem_hex(struct trace_seq *s, void *mem, size_t len)
return trace_seq_putmem(s, hex, j);
}
void *trace_seq_reserve(struct trace_seq *s, size_t len)
{
void *ret;
if (len > ((PAGE_SIZE - 1) - s->len))
return NULL;
ret = s->buffer + s->len;
s->len += len;
return ret;
}
int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, struct path *path)
{
unsigned char *p;

1
kernel/trace/trace_output.h
View File

@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ int trace_seq_puts(struct trace_seq *s, const char *str);
int trace_seq_putc(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned char c);
int trace_seq_putmem(struct trace_seq *s, void *mem, size_t len);
int trace_seq_putmem_hex(struct trace_seq *s, void *mem, size_t len);
void *trace_seq_reserve(struct trace_seq *s, size_t len);
int trace_seq_path(struct trace_seq *s, struct path *path);
int seq_print_userip_objs(const struct userstack_entry *entry,
struct trace_seq *s, unsigned long sym_flags);