tree 4b214ee49643db383328cf53a31959eb0627a167
parent 546e5354a6e4ec760ac03ef1148e9a4762abb5f5
author Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> 1236356507 +0100
committer Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> 1236358751 +0100

tracing: infrastructure for supporting binary record

Impact: save on memory for tracing

Current tracers are typically using a struct(like struct ftrace_entry,
struct ctx_switch_entry, struct special_entr etc...)to record a binary
event. These structs can only record a their own kind of events.
A new kind of tracer need a new struct and a lot of code too handle it.

So we need a generic binary record for events. This infrastructure
is for this purpose.

[fweisbec@gmail.com: rebase against latest -tip, make it safe while sched
tracing as reported by Steven Rostedt]

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
LKML-Reference: <1236356510-8381-3-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>