From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751320AbWIOSId (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:08:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751323AbWIOSId (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:08:33 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:22915 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751320AbWIOSIc (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:08:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/11] LTTng-core (basic tracing infrastructure) 0.5.108 From: Alan Cox To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <200609151316_MC3-1-CB57-4BE@compuserve.com> References: <200609151316_MC3-1-CB57-4BE@compuserve.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:32:06 +0100 Message-Id: <1158345126.29932.122.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ar Gwe, 2006-09-15 am 13:14 -0400, ysgrifennodd Chuck Ebbert: > In-Reply-To: <1158331071.29932.63.camel@localhost.localdomain> > > > $ grep KPROBES arch/*/Kconf* > > > arch/i386/Kconfig:config KPROBES > > > arch/ia64/Kconfig:config KPROBES > > > arch/powerpc/Kconfig:config KPROBES > > > arch/sparc64/Kconfig:config KPROBES > > > arch/x86_64/Kconfig:config KPROBES > > > > Send patches. The fact nobody has them implemented on your platform > > isn't a reason to implement something else, quite the reverse in fact. > > Yes, but the point is: until that's done you can't claim kprobes is a > valid tracing tool for everyone. I can however claim that kprobes is what they should be implementing not adding new large patches for another infrastructure whose author has already said for dynamic stuff it is based on the same things.