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DateMon, 23 Aug 2004 00:03:36 +0100
FromJohn Levon <>
SubjectRe: DTrace-like analysis possible with future Linux kernels?
On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 08:27:38PM +0200, Tomasz K?oczko wrote:

> As same as KProbe/DTrace. Can you use OProfile for something other tnan 
> profiling ? Probably yes and this answer opens: probably it will be good 
> prepare some common code for KProbe and Oprofile.

I don't see an overlap here, except maybe the possibility of delivering
sample events into the kprobes framework

> It is not only extenging entropy kernel tree. IMO KProbe can bring some
> functionalities wich can be common also for OProfile and probably in 
> future IMO OProfile can be droped.

This seems extremely unlikely to say the least, compare the methods
used.

regards
john
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