Re: [PATCH v8 11/11] tracing/user_events: Limit global user_event count

[Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:06:59 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:43:53 -0700
> Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > > It was actually merged in 5.8. So sysctl should be sufficient with that.
> > > But maybe it's weird to start adding sysctls, when the rest of tracing
> > > tunables is AFAIK under /sys/kernel/tracing/ ?
> > >   
> > 
> > During the TraceFS meetings Steven runs I was asked to add a boot
> > parameter and sysctl for user_events to limit the max.
> > 
> > To me, it seems when user_events moves toward namespace awareness
> > sysctl might be easier to use from within a namespace to turn knobs.
> > 
> > Happy to change to whatever, but I want to see Steven and Masami agree
> > on the approach before doing so.
> > 
> > Steven, do you agree with Masami to move to just sysctl?
> 
> We do have some tracing related sysctls already:
> 
> # cd /proc/sys/kernel
> # ls *trace*
> ftrace_dump_on_oops  oops_all_cpu_backtrace  traceoff_on_warning
> ftrace_enabled       stack_tracer_enabled    tracepoint_printk
> 
> Although I would love to deprecated ftrace_enable as that now has a
> control in tracefs, but it's not unprecedented to have tracing tunables as
> sysctl.
> 
> And if we get cmdline boot parameters for free from sysctls then all the
> better.

Yeah, I confirmed that sysctl can be set via kernel parameter. So it is OK
for me to add a sysctl.

Thank you,

> 
> -- Steve


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>