sdk: Add track_event_buf_exhausted_policy to TracingInitArgs (#5409) Add a track_event_buffer_exhausted_policy field to TracingInitArgs, allowing apps to set the buffer exhausted policy (drop vs stall) for TrackEvent at initialization time. The value is stashed in TrackEventInternal static state during Tracing::Initialize() and read during TrackEvent::Register(), following the same pattern as use_monotonic_clock and disallow_merging_with_system_tracks. A protected Register(dsd, params) overload on DataSource allows TrackEventDataSource to inject custom DataSourceParams without intermediate storage. TrackEvent is used in critical system services (e.g., system_server) where an accidental kStall policy could cause a device soft-reboot. Plumbing through TracingInitArgs removes ordering ambiguity (Initialize always precedes Register) and avoids redundant state in DataSourceType. See https://github.com/google/perfetto/pull/1312 and b/384007571. I don't have a use-case for also allowing track_event_buf_exhaust_policy to be configurable. For now, making a hard-choice when we initialize the process is ok. If we need configurabilty, the extension points are natural; we can follow footsteps of this PR. cc: @dreveman
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