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SubjectRe: [RFC] Create instrumentation directory (git repository)
* Christoph Lameter (clameter@sgi.com) wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>
> > vm/vmstat.c
>
> The vm statistics are important for the operation of the VM. They are not
> optional. So I do not think that they fall under the category of
> instrumentation.

But I guess vm stats can be useful to others; a kernel tracer for
instance ?

Putting stuff in instrumentation/ by no way means that it becomes
optional for a subsystem, but merely that it could either export
information useful for kernel instrumentation or have some
infrastructure parts merged with others.

Mathieu

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