tracing: Fix function graph trace_pipe to properly display failed entries
There is a case where the graph tracer might get confused and omits displaying of a single record. This applies mostly with the trace_pipe since it is unlikely that the trace_seq buffer will overflow with the trace file. As the function_graph tracer goes through the trace entries keeping a pointer to the current record: current -> func1 ENTRY func2 ENTRY func2 RETURN func1 RETURN When an function ENTRY is encountered, it moves the pointer to the next entry to check if the function is a nested or leaf function. func1 ENTRY current -> func2 ENTRY func2 RETURN func1 RETURN If the rest of the writing of the function fills the trace_seq buffer, then the trace_pipe read will ignore this entry. The next read will Now start at the current location, but the first entry (func1) will be discarded. This patch keeps a copy of the current entry in the iterator private storage and will keep track of when the trace_seq buffer fills. When the trace_seq buffer fills, it will reuse the copy of the entry in the next iteration. [ This patch has been largely modified by Steven Rostedt in order to clean it up and simplify it. The original idea and concept was from Jirka and for that, this patch will go under his name to give him the credit he deserves. But because this was modify by Steven Rostedt anything wrong with the patch should be blamed on Steven. ] Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <1259067458-27143-1-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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