Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760098AbYGRUMZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:12:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755551AbYGRUMR (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:12:17 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:55001 "EHLO waste.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755275AbYGRUMQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:12:16 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] kmemtrace: Core implementation. From: Matt Mackall To: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu Cc: Pekka Enberg , cl@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Randy Dunlap In-Reply-To: <20080718194059.GA5238@localhost> References: <4472a3f883b0d9026bb2d8c490233b3eadf9b55e.1216255035.git.eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> <84144f020807170101x25c9be11qd6e1996460bb24fc@mail.gmail.com> <20080717183206.GC5360@localhost> <20080718101326.GB5193@localhost> <84144f020807180738m768a3ebana5ebc10999f22f50@mail.gmail.com> <20080718194059.GA5238@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:07:20 -0500 Message-Id: <1216411640.3712.16.camel@calx> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1224 Lines: 28 On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 22:40 +0300, Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 05:38:04PM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: > > Hi Eduard-Gabriel, > > > I do expect to keep things source-compatible, but even > > > binary-compatible? Developers debug and write patches on the latest kernel, > > > not on a 6-month-old kernel. Isn't it reasonable that they would > > > recompile kmemtrace along with the kernel? > > > > Yes, I do think it's unreasonable. I, for one, am hoping distributions > > will pick up the kmemtrace userspace at some point after which I don't > > need to ever compile it myself. > > Ok, I agree it's nice to have it in distros. I wasn't planning for this, > but it's good to know others' expectations. It's worth pointing out that this is one of the big downfalls of things like systemtap. If a tool can't just work out of the box for a distro, it's basically a non-starter for most users. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. -- 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/