Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/5] [PATCH 1/5] events: Add EVENT_FS the event filesystem | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:52:34 -0500 |
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On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 12:46 -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > * Steven Rostedt (rostedt@goodmis.org) wrote: > [...] > > Are these events now going to be labeled as stable? Is every tracepoint > > we have, much have the same data? Linus specifically said at Kernel > > Summit that he wants absolutely NO modules to have a stable tracepoint. > > I'd like to bring up the point of KVM tracepoints here. KVM can be configured as > a module, and may clearly contain tracepoints that we'd like to be stable. > > My thought is that what we really want to enforce is "no stable tracepoints in > drivers" rather than in "modules", but I might be wrong. > > Thoughts ?
I still say no to stable tracepoints in modules. Once you open that door, everyone will have it.
But, that doesn't mean that a raw traepoint can't be stable. If the maintainer of that tracepoint states it is stable, then by all means, let tools use it.
-- Steve
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