[PATCH 2/3] trace-cmd record: Add -K flag to keep current settings
Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Feb 2026 20:14:54 -0500
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-trace-devel |
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From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <[email protected]> Add a -K flag to keep the current settings and not to reset before executing the record. This makes trace-cmd record act more like trace-cmd set but also record the data. Also fix typo in trace-cmd record man page. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <[email protected]> --- Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-record.1.txt | 7 ++++++- tracecmd/trace-record.c | 18 +++++++++++------- tracecmd/trace-usage.c | 1 + 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-record.1.txt b/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-record.1.txt index 7cb652bc3c0c..494c5c9f7155 100644 --- a/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-record.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/trace-cmd/trace-cmd-record.1.txt @@ -254,12 +254,17 @@ OPTIONS *-k*:: By default, when trace-cmd is finished tracing, it will reset the buffers and disable all the tracing that it enabled. This option keeps trace-cmd - from disabling the tracer and reseting the buffer. This option is useful for + from disabling the tracer and resetting the buffer. This option is useful for debugging trace-cmd. Note: usually trace-cmd will set the "tracing_on" file back to what it was before it was called. This option will leave that file set to zero. +*-K*:: + By default, when before trace-cmd starts recording, it will reset the buffers + and clear events as well as any triggers and such. This option keeps trace-cmd + from doing that. It is similar to *trace-cmd set* but still records data. + *-i*:: By default, if an event is listed that trace-cmd does not find, it will exit with an error. This option will just ignore events that are diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-record.c b/tracecmd/trace-record.c index 1cef9a623158..1707345b343f 100644 --- a/tracecmd/trace-record.c +++ b/tracecmd/trace-record.c @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ static tracecmd_handle_init_func handle_init = NULL; static int rt_prio; static int keep; +static int Keep; // do not reset before tracing static int latency; static long sleep_time = 1000; @@ -6438,9 +6439,6 @@ static void parse_record_options(int argc, init_common_record_context(ctx, curr_cmd); - if (IS_CMDSET(ctx)) - keep = 1; - for (;;) { int option_index = 0; int ret; @@ -6483,7 +6481,7 @@ static void parse_record_options(int argc, if (IS_EXTRACT(ctx)) opts = "+haf:Fp:co:O:sr:g:l:n:P:N:tb:B:ksiT"; else - opts = "+hae:f:FA:p:cC:dDGo:O:s:r:V:vg:l:n:P:N:tb:R:B:ksSiTm:M:H:q"; + opts = "+hae:f:FA:p:cC:dDGo:O:s:r:V:vg:l:n:P:N:tb:R:B:kKsSiTm:M:H:q"; c = getopt_long (argc-1, argv+1, opts, long_options, &option_index); if (c == -1) break; @@ -6852,6 +6850,9 @@ static void parse_record_options(int argc, if (IS_PROFILE(ctx)) ctx->instance->flags |= BUFFER_FL_PROFILE; break; + case 'K': + Keep = 1; + /* fall through */ case 'k': cmd_check_die(ctx, CMD_set, *(argv+1), "-k"); keep = 1; @@ -7216,7 +7217,7 @@ static void record_trace(int argc, char **argv, ctx->topt = 1; update_first_instance(ctx->instance, ctx->topt); - if (!IS_CMDSET(ctx)) { + if (!Keep) { check_doing_something(); check_function_plugin(); } @@ -7258,7 +7259,7 @@ static void record_trace(int argc, char **argv, if (!is_guest(ctx->instance)) fset = set_ftrace(ctx->instance, !ctx->disable, ctx->total_disable); - if (!IS_CMDSET(ctx)) + if (!Keep) tracecmd_disable_all_tracing(1); for_all_instances(instance) @@ -7314,7 +7315,7 @@ static void record_trace(int argc, char **argv, update_task_filter(); - if (!IS_CMDSET(ctx)) + if (!Keep) tracecmd_enable_tracing(); if (type & (TRACE_TYPE_START | TRACE_TYPE_SET)) @@ -7416,6 +7417,9 @@ void trace_set(int argc, char **argv) { struct common_record_context ctx; + /* Keep the current settings */ + Keep = 1; + keep = 1; parse_record_options(argc, argv, CMD_set, &ctx); record_trace_command(argc, argv, &ctx); exit(0); diff --git a/tracecmd/trace-usage.c b/tracecmd/trace-usage.c index f5a1c74c2ddf..e7b32f800e00 100644 --- a/tracecmd/trace-usage.c +++ b/tracecmd/trace-usage.c @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static struct usage_help usage_help[] = { " -b change kernel buffersize (in kilobytes per CPU)\n" " -B create sub buffer and following events will be enabled here\n" " -k do not reset the buffers after tracing.\n" + " -K do not reset the buffers before tracing.\n" " -i do not fail if an event is not found\n" " -q print no output to the screen\n" " -G when profiling, set soft and hard irqs as global\n" -- 2.51.0