Re: [PATCH -next] trace_skb: fix build when CONFIG_NET is not enabled

Ingo Molnar
2009-08-17T23:03:51Z

* David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:

> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:47:27 +0200
>
> > Also, has the review feedback from the tracing folks been
> > addressed? Please separate these patches out and lets do this
> > properly, this approach is not acceptable.
>
> Fine, will keep you guys in the loop next time :-)

thanks

If the TRACE_EVENT() form is used then it can be done just fine
from the networking tree too by enhancing
include/trace/events/skb.h - TRACE_EVENT() is a decentralized
facility.

We try not to add new ftrace plugins but extend the set of generic
tracepoints.

Ingo