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

Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17T15:40:01Z

* Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> wrote:

> As for Karim's proposed comment-based markers, I don't have a strong
> opinion, not being one whose kernel-side code would be marked up one
> way or the other. [...]

What makes the difference isnt just the format of markup (although i
fully agree that the least visually intrusive markup format should be
used for static markers, and the range of possibilities includes
comment-based markers too), but what makes the differen is:

the /guarantee/ of a full (comprehensive) set to /static tracers/

The moment we allow a static tracer into the upstream kernel, we make
that guarantee, implicitly and explicitly. (I've expanded on this line
of argument in the previous few mails, extensively.)

Ingo