[lttng-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/2] babeltrace legacy LTT 2.6 converter

[Yannick Brosseau]

On 2013-04-22 11:51, Matthew Khouzam wrote:
> On 13-04-22 08:55 AM, Jan Glauber wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:03:39AM -0400, Matthew Khouzam wrote:
>>> Hi Jan,
>>>
>>> I have a few questions about the patch:
>>> Does it handle lost events?
>>> I think we would need to bring in a state system for this
>> Hi Matthew,
>>
>> Not sure what you mean there. I thought lost events are not recorded so there is
>> nothing to convert. What I do convert is the events_lost counter of LTT. The
>> value is copied to the events_discarded of LTTng. At least that looked reasonable
>> to me. Can you elaborate why we would need a state machine there?
> In lttv, the control flow view and company needs a state system. The
> events in lttng 0.x and 2.0 are slightly different, so we won't see
> stuff like the current TID and file statuses. I'm just giving you the
> heads up that it may be not so trivial to get the info. The best thing
> to do IMO is look up events in LTTng 2.0 and try to match the ones you
> have in babeltrace to them.
> That way, it will work with lttv and eclipse.
>
I'm not sure either that I understand what you mean.

The goal is just to convert traces, not create a whole state system.
When we will be able to get a converted trace, the viewers could adjust
to support them.

Yannick