Fix: don't perform extra flush on metadata channel

[lttng-modules.git] / lib / ringbuffer / ring_buffer_frontend.c

diff --git a/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c b/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
index bc9a7b263a7cc5808a76ae6e5b54b9f796013f39..b924bddfa0cd8b86b70aea2676059b2aa3a6c918 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
+++ b/lib/ringbuffer/ring_buffer_frontend.c
@@ -904,15 +904,6 @@ int lib_ring_buffer_snapshot(struct lib_ring_buffer *buf,
        unsigned long consumed_cur, write_offset;
        int finalized;
 
-       /*
-        * First, ensure we perform a "final" flush onto the stream.  This will
-        * ensure we create a packet of padding if we encounter an empty
-        * packet. This ensures the time-stamps right before the snapshot is
-        * used as end of packet timestamp.
-        */
-       if (!buf->quiescent)
-               _lib_ring_buffer_switch_remote(buf, SWITCH_FLUSH);
-
 retry:
        finalized = ACCESS_ONCE(buf->finalized);
        /*
@@ -1663,6 +1654,13 @@ void lib_ring_buffer_switch_remote(struct lib_ring_buffer *buf)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lib_ring_buffer_switch_remote);
 
+/* Switch sub-buffer even if current sub-buffer is empty. */
+void lib_ring_buffer_switch_remote_empty(struct lib_ring_buffer *buf)
+{
+       _lib_ring_buffer_switch_remote(buf, SWITCH_FLUSH);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lib_ring_buffer_switch_remote_empty);
+
 /*
  * Returns :
  * 0 if ok