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authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>2009-06-08 19:09:45 -0400
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2009-06-09 15:17:32 -0400
commit725c624a58a10ef90a2ff889e122158fabf36147 (patch)
tree0a233afc51fa5bc0717ff99f3004219da54dcd6b /kernel/trace
parent6556d1df88fe68f9836beeb43342a336691cb67c (diff)
tracing: add trace_seq_vprint interface
The code to update the print formats for events requires a vprintf format in the trace_seq. This patch adds that interface. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/trace_output.c32
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index 425725c1622..c05aff465dc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -100,6 +100,38 @@ trace_seq_printf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, ...)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_seq_printf);
+/**
+ * trace_seq_vprintf - sequence printing of trace information
+ * @s: trace sequence descriptor
+ * @fmt: printf format string
+ *
+ * The tracer may use either sequence operations or its own
+ * copy to user routines. To simplify formating of a trace
+ * trace_seq_printf is used to store strings into a special
+ * buffer (@s). Then the output may be either used by
+ * the sequencer or pulled into another buffer.
+ */
+int
+trace_seq_vprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+ int len = (PAGE_SIZE - 1) - s->len;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!len)
+ return 0;
+
+ ret = vsnprintf(s->buffer + s->len, len, fmt, args);
+
+ /* If we can't write it all, don't bother writing anything */
+ if (ret >= len)
+ return 0;
+
+ s->len += ret;
+
+ return len;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_seq_vprintf);
+
int trace_seq_bprintf(struct trace_seq *s, const char *fmt, const u32 *binary)
{
int len = (PAGE_SIZE - 1) - s->len;