> See test/benchmark/cmp_table.sh, that script compare
Is that a realistic tracing scenario?
> table operation between ktap with stap, the result is very
> inspiring, ktap table operation overhead is quite lower than
> stap, especially when use constant string key.
Ok fair enough.
>
> But I agree with you partly, because in some cases we don't
> want/need to interning all string, for example:
> trace xxx:yyy {
> var str = cast("char *", arg1)
> print(str)
> }
>
> In above case, arg1 is a long kernel string, and no table insert,
> so definitely no need to interned, so we need to add
> KTAP_TRAWSTR to represent these values.
Please don't make it more complicated. If there's a good rationale
for interning it' ok to use always.
It would be better to find ways to simplify things.
-Andi
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