Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers

[Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@krystal.dyndns.org>]

* Masami Hiramatsu (masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Following this huge discussion thread, I tried to come with a marker mechanism
> > (which is something everyone seems to agree that is a necessity) that would be
> > useful to each kind of tracing (dynamic and static) (concerned projects :
> > SystemTAP, LKET, LKST, LTTng) and even combinations of those. Religious
> > considerations aside, I really think that this kind of generic markup is
> > necessary to fill *everybody*'s need. If I forgot about a specific genericity
> > aspect, please tell me.
> > 
> > I take for agreed that both static and dynamic tracing are useful for different
> > needs and that a full markup must support both and combinations, letting the
> > user or the distribution choose.
> 
> Basically, I like this static marker concept.
> But I wonder why wouldn't you use the architecture-independent
> marker which SystemTap already supports.
> If we use NOPs, it highly depends on architecture, and is hard
> to port.
> 

Hi Masami,

Are you talking about the marker presented by Frank in his OLS paper (
void dest() = NULL; if(dest) dest()) ? I think it is a very good idea to use it
instead of nops.

Mathieu

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