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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 27 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 9d939e7ca924..092fe0c8fdae 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -2328,31 +2328,16 @@ static inline void rb_event_discard(struct ring_buffer_event *event) } /** - * ring_buffer_event_discard - discard any event in the ring buffer - * @event: the event to discard - * - * Sometimes a event that is in the ring buffer needs to be ignored. - * This function lets the user discard an event in the ring buffer - * and then that event will not be read later. - * - * Note, it is up to the user to be careful with this, and protect - * against races. If the user discards an event that has been consumed - * it is possible that it could corrupt the ring buffer. - */ -void ring_buffer_event_discard(struct ring_buffer_event *event) -{ - rb_event_discard(event); -} -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_event_discard); - -/** * ring_buffer_commit_discard - discard an event that has not been committed * @buffer: the ring buffer * @event: non committed event to discard * - * This is similar to ring_buffer_event_discard but must only be - * performed on an event that has not been committed yet. The difference - * is that this will also try to free the event from the ring buffer + * Sometimes an event that is in the ring buffer needs to be ignored. + * This function lets the user discard an event in the ring buffer + * and then that event will not be read later. + * + * This function only works if it is called before the the item has been + * committed. It will try to free the event from the ring buffer * if another event has not been added behind it. * * If another event has been added behind it, it will set the event |