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@@ -294,6 +294,16 @@ user-defined data with a channel, and is immediately available
294(including in create_buf_file()) via chan->private_data or 294(including in create_buf_file()) via chan->private_data or
295buf->chan->private_data. 295buf->chan->private_data.
296 296
297Buffer-only channels
298--------------------
299
300These channels have no files associated and can be created with
301relay_open(NULL, NULL, ...). Such channels are useful in scenarios such
302as when doing early tracing in the kernel, before the VFS is up. In these
303cases, one may open a buffer-only channel and then call
304relay_late_setup_files() when the kernel is ready to handle files,
305to expose the buffered data to the userspace.
306
297Channel 'modes' 307Channel 'modes'
298--------------- 308---------------
299 309