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On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:28:55 -0800
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> wrote:

> On 2/22/23 14:07, Joseph, Jithu wrote:
> > Since the trace has to be explicitly enabled (I thought it is okay to
> > add a more convenient custom one only to be enabled for detailed
> > analysis when required).  
> 
> 	man perf-script

Or do it in C with tracefs :-)

  https://www.trace-cmd.org/Documentation/libtracefs/

-- Steve


> 
> You should be able to write one to do exactly what you need in about 10
> minutes.  No new tracepoints, no new kernel code to maintain.  Knock
> yourself out with whatever conveniences you want.  Just do it in userspace.
> 
> I still think this patch should go away.