ravitheja added inline comments.
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Comment at: scripts/interface/SBTrace.i:12
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+class LLDB_API SBTrace {
+public:
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clayborg wrote:
> Do we want something in here that explains what kind of trace buffer data you
> will be getting? I am thinking that even though we know we ask for
> "eTraceTypeProcessorTrace", this might not be enough for a plug-in to
> interpret these bytes. Do we need something like:
>
> ```
> class SBTrace {
> const char *GetTraceDataName();
> };
> ```
>
> And for intel it might return "intel processor trace version 2.0"? Or Maybe
> it would. be better as:
>
> ```
> class SBTrace {
> lldb::SBStructuredData GetTraceDataInfo();
> };
> ```
>
> This could return data that could be accessed as JSON. The version could be
> encoded in here. Maybe the exact CPU type, or CPU ID could also be encoded. I
> am guessing that the intel processor trace has already changed format from
> CPU to CPU and might also change in the future? This would help the plug-in
> that will interpret the trace byte to extract them correctly?
Hello, Couldn't this be done in the GetTraceConfig (currently I am doing this)
, as the TraceOptions already has a StructuredData for custom parameters and
configurations, any trace technology could just convey any special or trace
specific configurations in the custom parameters of TraceOptions ?
https://reviews.llvm.org/D29581
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