Re: [RFC] Create instrumentation directory (git repository)

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>]

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:51:38 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Since we already have the Instrumentation menu in
> kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation and instrumentation code all over the
> kernel tree:
> 
> arch/*/oprofile/*.c
> kernel/kprobes.c
> arch/*/kernel/kprobes.c
> kernel/marker.c
> kernel/profile.c
> kernel/lockdep.c
> vm/vmstat.c
> block/blktrace.c
> drivers/base/power/trace.c
> 
> We could move them to
> 
> instrumentation/
> arch/*/instrumentation/
> 
> Therefore, we could also move the kprobes and marker samples under
> 
> instrumentation/samples/
> 
> Here is a link to a git repository containing the changes, based on
> 2.6.24-rc1:
> 
> git://ltt.polymtl.ca/linux-2.6-instrumentation.git instrumentation-for-linus
> (the interesting range is : v2.6.24-rc1..instrumentation-for-linus)
> 
> Through the gitweb interface:
> http://ltt.polymtl.ca/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-instrumentation.git
> 
> Feedback is appreciated. Sorry for the huge CC list, but the change
> involves many maintainers.

Two more added.  Jeff Garzik and Christoph H. sometimes have some comments
about this.

It would be helpful if we could get comments on this in the next day
or two [instead of in 1-2 weeks].

Thanks,
---
~Randy