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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/11] LTTng-core (basic tracing infrastructure) 0.5.108
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> the question is: what is more maintainance, hundreds of static
> tracepoints (with long parameter lists) all around the (core) kernel, or
> hundreds of detached dynamic rules that need an update every now and
> then? [but of which most would still be usable even if some of them
> "broke"] To me the answer is clear: having hundreds of tracepoints
> _within_ the source code is higher cost. But please prove me wrong :-)

Actually I rarely find that any of the 70 000 printk is such a huge
nuisance to code readability. They may even help understand what is
going on in a code area you are less familiar with.

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