Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161504AbXECIGy (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 May 2007 04:06:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161534AbXECIGy (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 May 2007 04:06:54 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:45287 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161504AbXECIGv (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 May 2007 04:06:51 -0400 Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 09:06:38 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Andrew Morton , Christoph Hellwig , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, wfg@ustc.edu Subject: Re: 2.6.22 -mm merge plans Message-ID: <20070503080638.GA23000@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Mathieu Desnoyers , Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, wfg@ustc.edu References: <20070430162007.ad46e153.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070501220803.GA27698@Krystal> <20070502104413.GC4392@one.firstfloor.org> <20070502094707.4197ab7a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070502172934.GA17782@infradead.org> <20070502203627.GA18733@Krystal> <20070502135336.6d6d3569.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070502231104.GA26045@Krystal> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070502231104.GA26045@Krystal> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 823 Lines: 16 On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 07:11:04PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > My statement was probably not clear enough. The actual marker code is > useful as-is without any further kernel patching required : SystemTAP is > an example where they use external modules to load probes that can > connect either to markers or through kprobes. LTTng, in its current state, > has a mostly modular core that also uses the markers. That just mean you have to load an enormous emount of exernal crap that replaces the missing kernel functionality. It's exactly the situation we want to avoid. - 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/