From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754625Ab3BKJVX (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:21:23 -0500 Received: from e9.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.139]:40506 "EHLO e9.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751989Ab3BKJVW (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:21:22 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:48:56 +0530 From: Srikar Dronamraju To: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Ingo Molnar , Steven Rostedt , Anton Arapov , Frank Eigler , Josh Stone , Masami Hiramatsu , "Suzuki K. Poulose" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] uprobes/tracing: Kill uprobe_trace_consumer, embed uprobe_consumer into trace_uprobe Message-ID: <20130211091856.GA525@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: Srikar Dronamraju References: <20130131191752.GA30410@redhat.com> <20130131191829.GA30454@redhat.com> <20130204165945.GB4246@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20130204172010.GA30749@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130204172010.GA30749@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 13021109-7182-0000-0000-0000051AFB33 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Oleg Nesterov [2013-02-04 18:20:10]: > > But so far I think that a chain of multiple consumers makes no sense. > Each consumer->handler() will use the same call->perf_events list, this > will only complicate the code for no reason. > > > However with allowing prefiltering, we need to have ability to > > distinguish consumers. > > Certainly not. Please see the patches I am going to send. > Yeah, Looking at the next patchset made me realize this. thanks -- Thanks and Regards Srikar Dronamraju