tracing: Replace static old_tracer check of tracer name

Currently the trace buffer read functions use a static variable
"old_tracer" for detecting if the current tracer changes. This
was suitable for a single trace file ("trace"), but to add a
snapshot feature that will use the same function for its file,
a check against a static variable is not sufficient.

To use the output functions for two different files, instead of
storing the current tracer in a static variable, as the trace
iterator descriptor contains a pointer to the original current
tracer's name, that pointer can now be used to check if the
current tracer has changed between different reads of the trace
file.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121226025252.3252.9276.stgit@liselsia

Signed-off-by: Hiraku Toyooka <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>

Author: toyooka

kernel/trace/trace.c

@@ -1948,18 +1948,20 @@ void tracing_iter_reset(struct trace_iterator *iter, int cpu)
 static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct trace_iterator *iter = m->private;
-	static struct tracer *old_tracer;
 	int cpu_file = iter->cpu_file;
 	void *p = NULL;
 	loff_t l = 0;
 	int cpu;
 
-	/* copy the tracer to avoid using a global lock all around */
+	/*
+	 * copy the tracer to avoid using a global lock all around.
+	 * iter->trace is a copy of current_trace, the pointer to the
+	 * name may be used instead of a strcmp(), as iter->trace->name
+	 * will point to the same string as current_trace->name.
+	 */
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
-	if (unlikely(old_tracer != current_trace && current_trace)) {
-		old_tracer = current_trace;
+	if (unlikely(current_trace && iter->trace->name != current_trace->name))
 		*iter->trace = *current_trace;
-	}
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	atomic_inc(&trace_record_cmdline_disabled);
@@ -3494,7 +3496,6 @@ tracing_read_pipe(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 		  size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct trace_iterator *iter = filp->private_data;
-	static struct tracer *old_tracer;
 	ssize_t sret;
 
 	/* return any leftover data */
@@ -3506,10 +3507,8 @@ tracing_read_pipe(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 
 	/* copy the tracer to avoid using a global lock all around */
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
-	if (unlikely(old_tracer != current_trace && current_trace)) {
-		old_tracer = current_trace;
+	if (unlikely(current_trace && iter->trace->name != current_trace->name))
 		*iter->trace = *current_trace;
-	}
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	/*
@@ -3665,7 +3664,6 @@ static ssize_t tracing_splice_read_pipe(struct file *filp,
 		.ops		= &tracing_pipe_buf_ops,
 		.spd_release	= tracing_spd_release_pipe,
 	};
-	static struct tracer *old_tracer;
 	ssize_t ret;
 	size_t rem;
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -3675,10 +3673,8 @@ static ssize_t tracing_splice_read_pipe(struct file *filp,
 
 	/* copy the tracer to avoid using a global lock all around */
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
-	if (unlikely(old_tracer != current_trace && current_trace)) {
-		old_tracer = current_trace;
+	if (unlikely(current_trace && iter->trace->name != current_trace->name))
 		*iter->trace = *current_trace;
-	}
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	mutex_lock(&iter->mutex);