Re: [GIT PULL v2] bkl tracepoints + filter regex support

Frank Ch. Eigler
2009-09-26T15:47:23Z

Hi -

Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> writes:

>> > That said, the future plans have evolved, and I'm fine if you have
>> > changed your opinion and think about a better way to develop this.

>> No, but the thing is, IF we're going to freeze this into ABI, then
>> there's no second chances.

> Right. Once it becomes an ioctl, it becomes an ABI :-/

Are y'all convinced that a little ascii language parser/interpreter is
the right thing to put into the kernel, as opposed to bytecode (with a
userspace compiler)?

- FChE