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Re: [PATCH 11/15] tools lib api: Add mount support for fs

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On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 10:14:28 -0400
Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2015-09-02 3:56 GMT-04:00 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>:
> > Adding name__mount (where name is in sysfs,procfs,debugfs,tracefs)
> > interface that tries to mount the filesystem in case no mount is found.
> >
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ja49vwfiq2qqkmoxx9yk26lm@git.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h | 15 +++++++++++----
> >  2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> Why automatic mounting the **fs filesystems?
> Isn't it better to let the user decide when and where to mount it if
> s/he forgot to do it before? Forcing a mount is also potentially
> forcing to umount then mount when mounting has been forgotten before.
> 

tracefs and debugfs have known locations to be mounted at. That's why
the kernel supplies it (/sys/kernel/debug and /sys/kernel/trace). Why
should we bother the user with this? trace-cmd does the same thing. It
automatically mounts the filesystems if they are not mounted.

Would you rather have the tool fail and say "please mount the
trace or debugfs file system"? Even if it asked before doing so, that
would become rather annoying.

Running perf and trace-cmd should just work, and not expect the user to
do more work than can be easily done by the tool.

-- Steve
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[PATCH 00/15] perf tools: Cleanup filesystem api Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 01/15] perf tools: Fix parse_events_add_pmu caller Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 01/15] perf tools: Fix parse_events_add_pmu caller Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 15:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 01/15] perf tools: Fix parse_events_add_pmu caller Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-09-02 15:40 +0200
    [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Fix parse_events_add_pmu caller tip-bot for Jiri Olsa <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-09-05 16:10 +0200
  [PATCH 06/15] tools lib api: Make tracing_path_strerror_open message generic Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 06/15] tools lib api: Make tracing_path_strerror_open  message generic Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 15:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 06/15] tools lib api: Make tracing_path_strerror_open  message generic Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-09-02 15:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 06/15] tools lib api: Make tracing_path_strerror_open  message generic Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 16:20 +0200
  [PATCH 02/15] perf tools: Remove mountpoint arg from perf_debugfs_mount Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 11/15] tools lib api: Add mount support for fs Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 11/15] tools lib api: Add mount support for fs Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 16:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 11/15] tools lib api: Add mount support for fs Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-09-04 16:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 11/15] tools lib api: Add mount support for fs Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-09-04 16:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 11/15] tools lib api: Add mount support for fs Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-09-04 17:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 11/15] tools lib api: Add mount support for fs Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-09-04 17:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 11/15] tools lib api: Add mount support for fs Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 17:20 +0200
  [PATCH 14/15] tools lib api: Remove debugfs, tracefs and findfs objects Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 13/15] tools lib api: Replace debugfs/tracefs objects interface with fs.c Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 08/15] tools lib api: Move SYSFS_MAGIC PROC_SUPER_MAGIC into fs.c Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 12/15] tools lib api: Add configured support for fs Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 12/15] tools lib api: Add configured support for fs Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 15:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 12/15] tools lib api: Add configured support for fs Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-09-02 15:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 12/15] tools lib api: Add configured support for fs Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 16:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 12/15] tools lib api: Add configured support for fs Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 19:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 12/15] tools lib api: Add configured support for fs Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-09-04 09:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 12/15] tools lib api: Add configured support for fs Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-09-04 18:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 12/15] tools lib api: Add configured support for fs Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-09-04 19:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 12/15] tools lib api: Add configured support for fs Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 15:50 +0200
  [PATCH 09/15] tools lib api: Add debugfs into fs.c object Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 10/15] tools lib api: Add tracefs into fs.c object Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 15/15] perf tools: Switch to tracing_path interface on appropriate places Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 04/15] perf tools: Move tracing_path interface into api/fs/tracing_path.c Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 04/15] perf tools: Move tracing_path interface into  api/fs/tracing_path.c Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2015-09-04 13:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 04/15] perf tools: Move tracing_path interface into api/fs/tracing_path.c Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 15:30 +0200
  [PATCH 05/15] tools lib api: Move debugfs__strerror_open into tracing_path.c object Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 05/15] tools lib api: Move debugfs__strerror_open into  tracing_path.c object Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 15:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 05/15] tools lib api: Move debugfs__strerror_open into  tracing_path.c object Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2015-09-04 13:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 05/15] tools lib api: Move debugfs__strerror_open into  tracing_path.c object Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-09-04 15:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 05/15] tools lib api: Move debugfs__strerror_open into  tracing_path.c object Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 16:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 05/15] tools lib api: Move debugfs__strerror_open into  tracing_path.c object Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> - 2015-09-04 15:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 00/15] perf tools: Cleanup filesystem api Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-09-02 10:10 +0200
  [PATCH 03/15] perf tools: Move tracing_path stuff under same namespace Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-09-02 10:10 +0200

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