Re: [PATCH] Introduced new tracing mode KCOV_MODE_UNIQUE.

From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
To: Alexander Lochmann <info@alexander-lochmann.de>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
	Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Andrew Klychkov <andrew.a.klychkov@gmail.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>,
	Maciej Grochowski <maciej.grochowski@pm.me>,
	kasan-dev <kasan-dev@googlegroups.com>,
	Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Introduced new tracing mode KCOV_MODE_UNIQUE.
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:17:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANiq72n+hqW5i4Cj8jS9oHYTcjQkoAZkw6OwhZ0vhkS=mayz_g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210321184403.8833-1-info@alexander-lochmann.de>

Hi Alexander,

On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 8:14 PM Alexander Lochmann
<info@alexander-lochmann.de> wrote:
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
> index d2c4c27e1702..e105ffe6b6e3 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
> @@ -127,6 +127,86 @@ That is, a parent process opens /sys/kernel/debug/kcov, enables trace mode,
>  mmaps coverage buffer and then forks child processes in a loop. Child processes
>  only need to enable coverage (disable happens automatically on thread end).
>
> +If someone is interested in a set of executed PCs, and does not care about
> +execution order, he or she can advise KCOV to do so:

Please mention explicitly that KCOV_INIT_UNIQUE should be used for
that, i.e. readers of the example shouldn't need to read every line to
figure it out.

> +    #define KCOV_INIT_TRACE                    _IOR('c', 1, unsigned long)

Trace is not used in the example.

> +       /* KCOV was initialized, but recording of unique PCs hasn't been chosen yet. */
> +       KCOV_MODE_INIT_UNQIUE = 2,

Typo? It isn't used?

PS: not sure why I was Cc'd, but I hope that helps.

Cheers,
Miguel