On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 10:51:55AM -0800, Hollis Blanchard wrote: > Previously, trace record files (created by st_set_trace_file_enabled(true)) > were created by the simple backend at initialization time, even if no events > were actually enabled. > > As a consequence, the working directory would become littered with trace-PID > files just by enabling the simple backend at configure time, even when no > -trace options were used. > > --- > I've been using this to avoid creation of empty trace record files. I haven't > done any scientific performance studies, but an extra function > call/conditional/return when recording every trace event doesn't seem to have > any noticeable effect. > > Signed-off-by: Hollis Blanchard <hollis_blanch...@mentor.com> > --- > trace/simple.c | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
By the way, thanks for the patch. I didn't see it because my maintainership scripts use my stefa...@redhat.com email account that is listed in ./MAINTAINERS. Stefan
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