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(forw) [akpm@linux-foundation.org: Re: [PATCH] markers-linker-generic]
- From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu dot desnoyers at polymtl dot ca>
- To: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com, "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:58:42 -0400
- Subject: (forw) [akpm@linux-foundation.org: Re: [PATCH] markers-linker-generic]
You will probably want to comment on this...
----- Forwarded message from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> -----
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:02:40 -0700
To: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] markers-linker-generic
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:51:11 -0400
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> wrote:
> > What's this marker stuff about?
> >
>
> Hi Russel,
>
> Here is an overview :
I am told that the systemtap developers plan to (or are) using this
infrastructure.
If correct: what is their reason for preferring it over kprobes?
Secondly, the code in -mm has no actual backend for delivering anything to
userspace or to anywhere else. Why is this? Which backends currently
exist, and which ones are envisaged? Is there a plan to merge any backend
into the mainline kernel?
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