On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 08:42 +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20 2006, Ming Zhang wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 14:09 -0600, Seetharami Seelam wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 12/20/06, Ming Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> > >         On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 17:45 +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > >         > On Wed, Dec 20 2006, Ming Zhang wrote:
> > >         > > 
> > >         > > On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 14:02 +0100, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > >         > > > On Wed, Dec 20 2006, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > >         > > > > On Wed, Dec 20 2006, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > >         > > > > > Irk, do_pipe() needs to know what the input is,
> > >         obviously. Lemme add 
> > >         > > > > > that as well.
> > >         > > > >
> > >         > > > > This has a better chance of working, still not tested
> > >         though. If you can
> > >         > > > > test, I'll commit it once we have it working. 
> > >         > > >
> > >         > > > It works for me, just tested it. Patch committed.
> > >         > > >
> > >         > >
> > >         > > yes, works. thx.
> > >         > >
> > >         > > now the fifo will use a name pattern like foo. but regular
> > >         file will use 
> > >         > > foo.blktrace.X and if you give full name, blkparse does
> > >         not report any
> > >         > > warning or error, just return 0 results. this drove me
> > >         nuts before i
> > >         > > read the code.
> > >         > >
> > >         > > [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] blktrace]$ ./blkparse a.a.blktrace.0
> > >         > > WARNING: full file name given. Should give trace name foo,
> > >         > >         instead of file name foo.blktrace.x
> > >         >
> > >         > Better would be to just fix it up for the user, the current
> > >         setup is a 
> > >         > little un-intuitive. Care to patch that up? :-)
> > >         >
> > >         
> > >         are these what u want?
> > >         
> > >         * user supplied a foo, we automatically match it with
> > >         foo.blktrace.X and
> > >         open.
> > >         * user supplied a foo.blktrace.X, we do not add extra
> > >         blktace.X and open
> > >         it directly.
> > >         
> > >         then if user have foo.blktrace.0 and foo.blktrace.1, current
> > >         code works
> > >         when use "-i foo". then shall we support "-i foo.blktrace.0"
> > >         and open
> > >         foo.blktrace.1 automatically?
> > >  
> > >  
> > >         Perhaps, if user explicity supplies the name(s),  you should
> > >         open just that (those) file(s). May be you should open all
> > >         when the name is supplied as foo.blktrace.*
> > 
> > key point here is not the implementation difficulty, but how we decide a
> > consistent rule. i agree with the rules u set, if i understand
> > correctly.
> > 
> > * if "-", then read from stdin;
> > * if file name is foo.blktrace.*, then we try to open all;
> > * all other file name pattern, we open only _one_ file with _exact_ file
> > name.
> > 
> > See if others like this.
> 
> I think that is the best approach, if the case where the full name is
> given we check and warn if other CPU files are there. It could just be a
> pilot error, and we should warn in that case.
> 
> "You specified file foo.blktrace.0 and files from other CPUs also exist.
> blkparse will only read the given file, which may not be what you want.
> Use 'foo' as the filename to read all saved data."
> 
> or something to that effect.

ok. i will give it a try.

> 

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