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On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:52:34PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> I still say no to stable tracepoints in modules. Once you open that
> door, everyone will have it.

What about having KVM define the stable tracepoints in the built-in
part of the kernel, if CONFIG_KVM is Y or M, and then export the
tracepoints, such that the tracepoints can be called from a module?

That way the tracepoints aren't being *defined* in a module, they are
just being *called* from the module.  Does that seem like a reasonable
compromise?

						- Ted