linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/22] tools lib traceevent: Add plugin support

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Date:	Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:30:56 +0100
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/22] tools lib traceevent: Add plugin support

On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 03:12:19AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:

SNIP

> > > +	if (!handle) {
> > > +		warning("could not load plugin '%s'\n%s\n",
> > > +			plugin, dlerror());
> > > +		goto out_free;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	alias = dlsym(handle, PEVENT_PLUGIN_ALIAS_NAME);
> > > +	if (!alias)
> > > +		alias = file;
> > 
> > So this 'alias' is not used anywhere in the current code, right?
> > Do you plan to add the option processing soon?
> 
> I believe he is, and hopefully he will, because I want to forward port
> this code to have trace-cmd use it. The end result should be a separate
> library that we all can use.

yep, thats the plan ;-)

so I get the the deal is in v2 I keep the current code and add
patches addressing comments on top of it..

jirka
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