[PATCH v6 04/24] tracing: Add reset to trace remotes

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 9 Sep 2025 13:10:25 +0100
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort at google.com> wrote:

> > I wonder if we should name the file "reset" to not be confusing to users
> > when they cat the file and it doesn't produce any output.  
> 
> My idea was to keep the exact same interface as the rest of the tracing. I could
> keep that /trace file for compatibility and add /reset?
> 
> "cat trace" could also just returns a text like *** not supported *** ?

If it's never going to be supported, I rather not add it. It not being
there is a sure way of knowing it's not supported. Just adding it because
the normal system has it is actually worse if it doesn't behave the same.

-- Steve