Re: [RFC] Generic Trace Setup and Control (GTSC) kernel API (2/3)

2007-06-21 Thread David Wilder
I forgot to CC the list in my response to Alexey. I plan to address Alexey's concerns in a couple of days (as soon as I get past the OLS push). Alexey Dobriyan wrote: Can we get another user to justify this generalizing? Systemtap has plans to use the GTSC also. -- David Wilder IBM Li

Re: [RFC] Generic Trace Setup and Control (GTSC) kernel API (2/3)

2007-06-18 Thread Martin Hunt
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 23:43 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > > Can we get another user to justify this generalizing? Systemtap will be using this. Most users of the relay interface will need to duplicate much of the functionality of GTSC so I expect others will use it when it is available. - To

Re: [RFC] Generic Trace Setup and Control (GTSC) kernel API (2/3)

2007-06-18 Thread Alexey Dobriyan
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 09:56:43PM -0700, David Wilder wrote: > This patch introduces the Generic Trace Setup and Control (GTSC) API. > In the kernel, GTSC provides a simple API for starting and managing > data channels to user space. GTSC builds on the relay interface. My main grief is names cho

[RFC] Generic Trace Setup and Control (GTSC) kernel API (2/3)

2007-06-17 Thread David Wilder
-- David Wilder IBM Linux Technology Center Beaverton, Oregon, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] (503)578-3789 This patch introduces the Generic Trace Setup and Control (GTSC) API. In the kernel, GTSC provides a simple API for starting and managing data channels to user space. GTSC builds on the relay in