Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Aug 2010 04:00:32 -0400 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv10 2.6.35-rc6-tip 9/14] trace: uprobes trace_event interface |
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On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 09:56:37AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > Hmm, I disagree with it, because both Kprobes and Uprobes provides > > > APIs for modules too. > > > > I'm not sure there is a point in maintaining a leightweight version for out > > of tree code. These modules could just select kprobes/uprobes events as > > well. > > > > As you prefer, that was just a suggestion to make it more simple. > > The upstream policy always was that out of tree code does not exist as far as > the kernel is concerned. So it is wrong to make the kernel crappier while > helping out of tree code.
Indeed. In addition to that the current version of uprobes does not actually have any exported symbols.
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