From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/18] 2.6.17.9 perfmon2 patch for review: kernel-level interface
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:47:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060825134704.GA21398@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200608250300_MC3-1-C942-6359@compuserve.com>
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 02:56:37AM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > Yes, I think we either need a stronger argument for including this code, or
> > we drop it.
>
> This interface is for people writing kprobes who want to do performance
> monitoring within their probe code. There will probably never be any
> in-kernel users, just like there are no in-kernel users of kprobes.
Wrong argument. There is a in-tree user of kprobes and I plan to submit
a lot more. If people want to write kprobes for performance mintoring
they should submit them for inclusion and we can then find a proper
API for it - the current one is rather horrible anyway.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-25 13:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-25 6:56 [PATCH 9/18] 2.6.17.9 perfmon2 patch for review: kernel-level interface Chuck Ebbert
2006-08-25 7:25 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-08-25 13:47 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
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2006-08-25 20:16 Chuck Ebbert
2006-08-27 18:31 ` Andi Kleen
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