tree fd91bec634dfff191699616523812a3d4ffe6348
parent a8d154b009168337494fbf345671bab74d3e4b8b
author Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> 1239469197 -0400
committer Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> 1239728277 -0400

tracing: make trace_seq operations available for core kernel

In the process to make TRACE_EVENT macro work for modules, the trace_seq
operations must be available for core kernel code.

These operations are quite useful and can be used for other implementations.

The main idea is that we create a trace_seq handle that acts very much
like the seq_file handle.

	struct trace_seq *s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s, GFP_KERNEL);

	trace_seq_init(s);
	trace_seq_printf(s, "some data %d\n", variable);

	printk("%s", s->buffer);

The main use is to allow a top level function call several other functions
that may store printf like data into the buffer. Then at the end, the top
level function can process all the data with any method it would like to.
It could be passed to userspace, output via printk or even use seq_file:

	trace_seq_to_user(s, ubuf, cnt);
	seq_puts(m, s->buffer);

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>