On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 09:40:28AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Tue, 9 Sep 2025 13:10:25 +0100 > Vincent Donnefort <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I wonder if we should name the file "reset" to not be confusing to users > > > when they cat the file and it doesn't produce any output. > > > > My idea was to keep the exact same interface as the rest of the tracing. I > > could > > keep that /trace file for compatibility and add /reset? > > > > "cat trace" could also just returns a text like *** not supported *** ? > > If it's never going to be supported, I rather not add it. It not being > there is a sure way of knowing it's not supported. Just adding it because > the normal system has it is actually worse if it doesn't behave the same.
If later we extend the meta-page to support non-consuming read, /trace would then become useful. Another argument for non-consuming read would be to enable dump on panic. But I understand your point, it might be wishful thinking at this point. > > -- Steve
