On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 01:24:16AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > Putting a 200k patch into the kernel for limited usage and maybe > restricting a generic simple non intrusive and more generic > implementation by its mere presence is making it inapplicable enough. > > Merge the instrumentation points from ltt and other projects like DSKI > and the places where in kernel instrumentation for specific purposes is > already available and use a simple and effective framework which moves > the burden into postprocessing and provides a simple postmortem dump > interface, is the goal IMHO. > > When this is available, trace tool developers can concentrate on > postprocessing improvement rather than moving postprocessing > incapabilities into the kernel.
I completely agree with that statement. We've been working in most areas of the kernel to move or keep complexity and policy in userspace. The same should be true for a tracing framework. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
