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> 
> * Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> 
> > I have no idea how expensive tracepoints are but I suspect they 
> > don't make too much sense for this particular scenario. After all, 
> > kmemtrace is mainly interested in _allocation patterns_ whereas 
> > this patch seems to be more interested in "memory layout" type of 
> > things.
> 
> My point is that the allocation patterns can be derived from dynamic 
> events. We can build a map of everything if we know all the events 
> that led up to it. Doing:
> 
>   echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
> 
> will clear 99% of the memory allocations, so we can build a new map 
> from scratch just about anytime. (and if boot allocations are 
> interesting they can be traced too)
> 
> _And_ via this angle we'll also have access to the dynamic events, 
> in a different 'view' of the same tracepoints - which is obviously 
> very useful for different purposes.

I am one of most strongly want guys to MM tracepoint.
but No, many cunstomer never permit to use drop_caches.

I believe this patch and tracepoint are _both_ necessary and useful.