linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] markers-linker-generic

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Message-Id: <20070411110240.537ee25d.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:02:40 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Russell King <rmk@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] markers-linker-generic

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:51:11 -0400
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca> wrote:

> > What's this marker stuff about?
> > 
> 
> Hi Russel,
> 
> Here is an overview :

I am told that the systemtap developers plan to (or are) using this
infrastructure.

If correct: what is their reason for preferring it over kprobes?

Secondly, the code in -mm has no actual backend for delivering anything to
userspace or to anywhere else.  Why is this?  Which backends currently
exist, and which ones are envisaged?  Is there a plan to merge any backend
into the mainline kernel?

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