Re: [PATCH 0/11] LTTng-core (basic tracing infrastructure) 0.5.108

Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16T08:30:49Z

* Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> wrote:

> > > It's possible I missed something, but pretty much anything you
> > > outlined wouldn't make the live of static tracepoints any easier.
> >
> > sorry, but if you re-read the above line of argument, your sentence
> > appears non-sequitor. I said "the markers needed for dynamic tracing are
> > different from the LTT static tracepoints". You asked why they are so
> > different, and i replied that i already outlined what the right API
> > would be in my opinion to do markups, but that API is different from
> > what LTT is offering now. To which you are now replying: "pretty much
> > anything you outlined wouldn't make the life of static tracepoints any
> > easier." Huh?
>
> Yeah, huh?
>
> I have no idea, what you're trying to tell me. As you demonstrated
> above your "right API" is barely usable for static tracers.

you raise a new point again (without conceding or disputing the point we
were discussing, which point you snipped from your reply) but i'm happy
to reply to this new point too: my suggested API is not "barely usable"
for static tracers but "totally unusable". Did i tell you yet that i
disagree with the addition of markups for static tracers?

Ingo