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Date:   Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:24:47 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v1 1/2] trace: events: scsi: Add tag in SCSI
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On Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:49:12 +0000
Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@wdc.com> wrote:

> Which tools process these strings? Has it been verified whether or not
> the tools that process these strings still work fine with this patch
> applied?

Ideally, tools shouldn't process trace event strings, but I'm sure some
do. :-/

Getting libtraceevent out as a library is a high priority of mine, and
hopefully I should get something out in a couple of months.

Ideally, tools should parse the raw data and then new fields will not
affect them.

-- Steve