Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:07:47 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, rostedt@goodmis.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca,
       a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, fweisbec@gmail.com, acme@redhat.com,
       tglx@linutronix.de, postmaster@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mailing list for trace users
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* Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> wrote:

> Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >>>>> What are people's thoughts about creating a linux-trace-users mailing
> >>>>> list on vger.kernel.org?
> >>>>
> >>>> I've created this list.
> >>>
> >>> Could you please also create the linux-perf-users list, for perf events 
> >>> and the perf tool related user questions? (We have asked for this before 
> >>> but must have gotten lost somewhere)
> >>
> >> I thought perf users also talk on the linux tracing list.
> > 
> > No, there's a lot of non-tracing aspects of performance events. It does 
> > profiling, counting, latency analysis, etc.
> 
> So, will it include topics about oprofile,readprof too?

Both oprofile and readprof are obsolete.

> >> What will linux-tracing-users cover, only ftrace?
> > 
> > It would cover whenever users want to talk about tracing.
> 
> Hmm, in that case, on which list should I ask 'how can I
> use perf-trace?' and 'how can I use perf-record'? :-)
> Maybe I'm just a bit confusing ...

Which list do you use if you want to ask about why a networked app 
schedules too much? lkml or netdev? Both if you want to reach everyone 
who is interested.

Note, perf trace is one out of 9 'perf' sub-commands. I dont think it's 
appropriate to name the list after that one subcommand ...

For your question i'd suggest to Cc: both. It might be relevant to the 
tracing engine, or it might be a perf events or perf tool detail.

	Ingo
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