Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH 0/4] simpletrace : support var num/size of args, strings.

[Harsh Bora <harsh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 01/02/2012 06:20 PM, Lluís Vilanova wrote:
> Harsh Prateek Bora writes:
>
>>    Converting tracetool.sh to tracetool.py
>
> Excellent! I was thinking about switching the script language to python, but
> wasn't sure if python was an acceptable build dependency for the project.

Thanks, Python appears to become mandatory requirement soon as per
  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-01/msg00169.html

>
> I was modifying the bash tracetool to add a tracing layer more amenable to
> instrumentation (together with the API that Avi suggested for 3rd party tracing
> tools to interact with QEMU).
>
> It currently looks like:
>
> * trace.h (includes trace-backend.h)
>    ->  backend={no instrumentation, static instr, dynamic instr (dlopen)}
> * trace-backend.h
>    ->  backend={nop,stderr,simple,dtrace,...}
>
> And similarly for TCG tracing.
>
> What I'd like to know is if I can switch right away into this new script to
> finish these changes (and avoid doing the work twice).

I guess yes, however this patch still needs to be updated for code 
generation for other tracing backends.

- Harsh

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> Lluis
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