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Re: [PATCH 08/10] Removed the nfsd.proc4.compound and nfsd.proc.compound.return probes


On 02/26/2010 03:47 PM, David Smith wrote:
> On 02/25/2010 04:27 PM, Steve Dickson wrote:
>> commit 9d906571f71dfcd7d22eec4e06d5a06b9f86805a
>> Author: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
>> Date:   Tue Feb 23 11:52:17 2010 -0500
>>
>>     Removed the nfsd.proc4.compound and nfsd.proc.compound.return probes
>>     
>>     Either probes displayed anything that was useful, plus
>>     there are other ways to display similar information.
> 
> Hmm, once again I'm a bit worried about backwards compatibility by
> deleting these probe points.  If a script was written with these probes
> in mind, that script will no longer work.
> 
Very valid point... but... The information coming out of these probes
were so useless I can't image anybody using them... Plus breaking them
may be a good thing since we can educate them on how to better utilize
the other existing probes...

steved.
 


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