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To: Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de>, Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/15] tools/rv: Add BPF monitors
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On 2026-10-19, Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de> wrote:
> John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de> writes:
>> @namcao: Maybe you could chime in if you want the transitions as events.
>
> No. Those are only useful for debugging RV itself and do not need to be
> upstream.

Sure, but debugging RV itself _is_ a use case. Especially when RV moves
to eBPF and lots of people will start writing their own RV monitors.

John