tracing/events: make struct trace_entry->type to be int type
struct trace_entry->type is unsigned char, while trace event's id is
int type, thus for a event with id >= 256, it's entry->type is cast
to (id % 256), and then we can't see the trace output of this event.
# insmod trace-events-sample.ko
# echo foo_bar > /mnt/tracing/set_event
# cat /debug/tracing/events/trace-events-sample/foo_bar/id
256
# cat /mnt/tracing/trace_pipe
<...>-3548 [001] 215.091142: Unknown type 0
<...>-3548 [001] 216.089207: Unknown type 0
<...>-3548 [001] 217.087271: Unknown type 0
<...>-3548 [001] 218.085332: Unknown type 0
[ Impact: fix output for trace events with id >= 256 ]
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <49EEDB0E.5070207@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index b9a3adc..b6183bc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@
}
struct ring_buffer_event *trace_buffer_lock_reserve(struct trace_array *tr,
- unsigned char type,
+ int type,
unsigned long len,
unsigned long flags, int pc)
{
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@
}
struct ring_buffer_event *
-trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve(unsigned char type, unsigned long len,
+trace_current_buffer_lock_reserve(int type, unsigned long len,
unsigned long flags, int pc)
{
return trace_buffer_lock_reserve(&global_trace,