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Right now we issue an update_buffer() and reset_buffer() call backs in succession when we stop tracing an event. The update_buffer is supposed to check the status of the buffer and make sure the ring buffer is updated with the trace data. And we store information about the size of the data collected only to be consumed by the reset_buffer callback which always follows the update_buffer. This was originally designed for handling future IPs which could trigger a buffer overflow interrupt. This patch gets rid of the reset_buffer callback altogether and performs the actions in update_buffer, making it return the size collected. We can always add the support for handling the overflow interrupt case later. This removes some not-so pretty hack (storing the new head in the size field for snapshot mode) and cleans it up a little bit. Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.