Hi,

Here is the v7 of the series to improve backup instances of
the persistent ring buffer. The previous version is here:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/176991653525.4025429.12655335935351822711.stgit@mhiramat.tok.corp.google.com/

This version is rebased on the latest linux-trace/for-next,
remove update_last_data_if_empty() from snapshot file [1/4] and,
use -EACCES instead of -EPERM.

Series Description
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Since backup instances are a kind of snapshot of the persistent
ring buffer, it should be readonly. And if it is readonly
there is no reason to keep it after reading all data via trace_pipe
because the data has been consumed. But user should be able to remove
the readonly instance by rmdir or truncating `trace` file.

Thus, [2/4] makes backup instances readonly (not able to write any
events, cleanup trace, change buffer size). Also, [3/4] removes the
backup instance after consuming all data via trace_pipe.
With this improvements, even if we makes a backup instance (using
the same amount of memory of the persistent ring buffer), it will
be removed after reading the data automatically.

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) (4):
      tracing: Reset last_boot_info if ring buffer is reset
      tracing: Make the backup instance non-reusable
      tracing: Remove the backup instance automatically after read
      tracing/Documentation: Add a section about backup instance


 Documentation/trace/debugging.rst |   19 ++++
 kernel/trace/trace.c              |  161 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 kernel/trace/trace.h              |   13 +++
 kernel/trace/trace_boot.c         |    5 +
 kernel/trace/trace_events.c       |   76 ++++++++++-------
 5 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)

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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>