Re: [PATCH] tracing/markers: make markers select tracepoints

Ingo Molnar
2009-02-23T17:23:25Z

* Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> wrote:

> > Furthermore, trace_mark() exposes that crap like an ABI, now
> > suppose some distro goes and declares that stable for some
> > daft reason, imagine the poor sod having to fix something
> > littered with trace_mark().
>
> The impression that this is somehow different with tracepoints
> is mistaken. Tracepoints are *exactly* as "ABI-like" as
> markers.

they arent. To the kernel they look like function calls, with no
ABI properties at all. They can and will change without notice.

Ingo