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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: carsteno@de.ibm.com, jaredeh@gmail.com,
	Linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	"Jörn Engel" <joern@logfs.org>,
	tim.bird@am.sony.com, nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] AXFS: axfs_profiling.c
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:39:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200808211339.37187.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1219308560.2988.247.camel@pmac.infradead.org>

On Thursday 21 August 2008, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 10:44 +0200, Carsten Otte wrote:
> >
> > Exporting profiling data for a file system in another file system 
> > (/proc) seems not very straigtforward to me. I think it is worth 
> > considering to export this information via the same mount point.
> 
> I would have said sysfs, rather than 'the same mount point'.
> 

Let me throw in debugfs as my preferred option. sysfs is for stable
interfaces, while profiling generally fits into the debugging category.

	Arnd <><

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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org,
	carsteno@de.ibm.com, "Jörn Engel" <joern@logfs.org>,
	Linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	tim.bird@am.sony.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] AXFS: axfs_profiling.c
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:39:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200808211339.37187.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1219308560.2988.247.camel@pmac.infradead.org>

On Thursday 21 August 2008, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 10:44 +0200, Carsten Otte wrote:
> >
> > Exporting profiling data for a file system in another file system 
> > (/proc) seems not very straigtforward to me. I think it is worth 
> > considering to export this information via the same mount point.
> 
> I would have said sysfs, rather than 'the same mount point'.
> 

Let me throw in debugfs as my preferred option. sysfs is for stable
interfaces, while profiling generally fits into the debugging category.

	Arnd <><

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-08-21 11:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-21  5:45 [PATCH 05/10] AXFS: axfs_profiling.c Jared Hulbert
2008-08-21  5:45 ` Jared Hulbert
2008-08-21  8:44 ` Carsten Otte
2008-08-21  8:44   ` Carsten Otte
2008-08-21  8:49   ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-21  8:49     ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-21 10:20     ` Carsten Otte
2008-08-21 10:20       ` Carsten Otte
2008-08-21 11:39     ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2008-08-21 11:39       ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-08-21 14:55       ` Jared Hulbert
2008-08-21 14:55         ` Jared Hulbert
2008-08-21 15:06         ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-08-21 15:06           ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-08-21 15:17           ` Jared Hulbert
2008-08-21 15:17             ` Jared Hulbert
2008-08-21 15:50             ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-08-21 15:50               ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-08-22  7:26             ` Carsten Otte
2008-08-22  7:26               ` Carsten Otte
2008-08-21 15:18           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-21 15:18             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-22 20:37         ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-08-22 20:37           ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-08-22 20:37           ` Arnd Bergmann
     [not found] ` <200808221840.39206.arnd@arndb.de>
     [not found]   ` <6934efce0808221037u4548dd00q9ccd67545bfbcc8@mail.gmail.com>
2008-08-22 19:38     ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-08-22 19:38       ` Arnd Bergmann

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