linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/18] [ANNOUNCE] Dynamically created function based events

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Date:   Sun, 4 Feb 2018 10:47:30 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-trace-users <linux-trace-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        acme <acme@...nel.org>, Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, bristot <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/18] [ANNOUNCE] Dynamically created function based
 events

On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 15:30:04 +0000 (UTC)
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com> wrote:

> This should therefore leave a door open to adding new tracepoints: cases
> where the data gathered is shown to be useful enough for tools targeting
> an audience wider than just kernel developers. To improve over the current
> situation, we should think about documenting some rules about how those
> tools should cope with tracepoints changing over time (event version,
> tools backward compatibility, and so on), and make sure the ABI exposes
> the information required to help tools cope with change.

As I mentioned earlier. If a function based event proves to be useful
enough to pull out information that sysadmins et.al. find beneficial,
than that could be used as an argument to create a normal static
tracepoint for that information.

-- Steve