Merge branches 'work.misc' and 'work.dcache' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / kernel / trace / ring_buffer.c

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 6a46af21765cc60685e54297e8092ee1abf9aca3..0b0b688ea166f29bd73b22ef302f3cb3776ea424 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -3226,6 +3226,22 @@ int ring_buffer_record_is_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
        return !atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ring_buffer_record_is_set_on - return true if the ring buffer is set writable
+ * @buffer: The ring buffer to see if write is set enabled
+ *
+ * Returns true if the ring buffer is set writable by ring_buffer_record_on().
+ * Note that this does NOT mean it is in a writable state.
+ *
+ * It may return true when the ring buffer has been disabled by
+ * ring_buffer_record_disable(), as that is a temporary disabling of
+ * the ring buffer.
+ */
+int ring_buffer_record_is_set_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
+{
+       return !(atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled) & RB_BUFFER_OFF);
+}
+
 /**
  * ring_buffer_record_disable_cpu - stop all writes into the cpu_buffer
  * @buffer: The ring buffer to stop writes to.