Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] perf: Add 'perf kmem' tool
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:49 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > You're right, of course. With kmemtrace-user, I just copied the raw 
> > trace file from /sys/kernel. I wonder if that's a good enough reason 
> > to keep kmemtrace bits around?
> 
> Not really. If then a light-weight recording app could be made but i'd 
> rather wait for actual usecases to pop up.

Hmm, but isn't this an actual use case?

-- Steve


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