Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752312AbXBFUgg (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:36:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752314AbXBFUgg (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:36:36 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:45472 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752309AbXBFUgf (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:36:35 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:36:38 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Andrew Morton Cc: Srinivasa Ds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, jkenisto@us.ibm.com, anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com, prasanna@in.ibm.com, ananth@in.ibm.com Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] To list all active probes in the system Message-ID: <20070206203638.GA23716@elte.hu> References: <45C85097.1000106@in.ibm.com> <20070206021300.698ecb2c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070206021300.698ecb2c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.3 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.3 required=5.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_50 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -3.3 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts 1.0 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 40 to 60% [score: 0.4504] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 851 Lines: 24 * Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:25:35 +0530 Srinivasa Ds wrote: > > > I have developed a patch, that lists all active probes in > > the system. > > userspace added the probes, so userspace should know where they all > are? it's a kernel resource that user-space can influence so it's sensible to have some sort of visibility to them. For example if the userspace that has the 'info' crashes then another piece of user-space might want to recreate that info, to zap the probes. also, this resource could leak, etc. Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/