Re: [PATCH] markers-linker-generic

Andrew Morton
2007-04-11T18:03:09Z

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:51:11 -0400
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> wrote:

> > What's this marker stuff about?
> >
>
> Hi Russel,
>
> Here is an overview :

I am told that the systemtap developers plan to (or are) using this
infrastructure.

If correct: what is their reason for preferring it over kprobes?

Secondly, the code in -mm has no actual backend for delivering anything to
userspace or to anywhere else. Why is this? Which backends currently
exist, and which ones are envisaged? Is there a plan to merge any backend
into the mainline kernel?