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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: [RFD] Future tracing/instrumentation directions
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> > as long as the tool is built in a way that it does not 
> > need updates when we add trace points or other 
> > functionality to the kernel.
> 
> Yeah, most definitely. The sysfs event_source class will 
> ensure that whatever (new) events are available 
> propagate through the tool and are available to it.

Note that this approach isnt just for tools/perf/, it will 
be useful for other perf events based tools as well: 
SysProf and for the libpfm based apps.

	Ingo