Re: [PATCH 0/5] perf kmem: Add more functions and show more statistics

Pekka Enberg
2009-11-24T07:44:56Z

Hi Ingo,

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> Certainly we can postpone it, as long as there's rough strategic
> consensus on the way forward. I'd hate to have two overlapping core
> kernel facilities and friction between the groups pursuing them and
> constant distraction from having two targets.

Sure, like I said, I think "kmem perf" is the way forward. The only
reason we did kmemtrace userspace out-of-tree was because there was no
perf (or ftrace!) at the time and there wasn't much interest in
putting userspace tools in the tree.

I hope that counts as a "rough strategic consensus" :-)