Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:12:22 -0500 | From | Mathieu Desnoyers <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/5] [PATCH 1/5] events: Add EVENT_FS the event filesystem |
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* Steven Rostedt (rostedt@goodmis.org) wrote: > 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.
I'd really like to hear Avi's thoughts on this.
Thanks,
Mathieu
-- Mathieu Desnoyers Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com
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