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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Trace Devel <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] trace-cmd: Create API tracecmd_read_pre_headers()
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 09:13:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210302091331.3fc3ee7c@gandalf.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPpZLN5fdY+rb6s=X6bNykiqrjuTprvZxay9iDSEQxJXHURh3A@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 2 Mar 2021 06:49:18 +0200
Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com> wrote:

> While looking at these changes, I think it could be more flexible instead of
> introducing a new API, to enhance the existing tracecmd_read_headers().
> We can add an additional (optional) parameter to point out what headers
> to be read, i.e. the desired new state of reading the file. Something like that:
>    int tracecmd_read_headers(struct tracecmd_input *handle, int state);
> It will read the file from its current file_state to the desired state.
> The API could be called multiple times, to progress the reading of the
> file, header by header if needed, or a bunch of headers.
> 

I actually like this idea. The only downside of it, is that we need to make
the states part of the API (export them).

-- Steve

  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-03  0:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-01 14:37 [PATCH 0/8] trace-cmd: Fixes for trace-cmd restore Steven Rostedt
2021-03-01 14:37 ` [PATCH 1/8] trace-cmd restore: Fix to add saved cmdlines after calling tracecmd_create_init_file_override() Steven Rostedt
2021-03-01 14:37 ` [PATCH 2/8] trace-cmd: Create API tracecmd_read_pre_headers() Steven Rostedt
2021-03-02  4:49   ` Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2021-03-02 14:13     ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2021-03-01 14:37 ` [PATCH 3/8] trace-cmd: Move tracecmd_write_cmdlines() out of tracecmd_append_cpu_data() Steven Rostedt
2021-03-01 14:37 ` [PATCH 4/8] trace-cmd: Move the output state updates into the functions that change the state Steven Rostedt
2021-03-01 14:37 ` [PATCH 5/8] trace-cmd: Move the input " Steven Rostedt
2021-03-01 14:37 ` [PATCH 6/8] trace-cmd output: Set file_state of output handle after copy of headers Steven Rostedt
2021-03-02  8:10   ` Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2021-03-02 14:19     ` Steven Rostedt
2021-03-02 14:51       ` Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2021-03-02 15:48         ` Steven Rostedt
2021-03-02 17:35           ` Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2021-03-02 19:59             ` Steven Rostedt
2021-03-02 14:22     ` Steven Rostedt
2021-03-01 14:37 ` [PATCH 7/8] trace-cmd input: Validate the input handle when copying from it Steven Rostedt
2021-03-01 14:37 ` [PATCH 8/8] trace-cmd input: Add validation updates to the copy of a handle Steven Rostedt

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