linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Create kinst/ or ki/ directory ?

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Message-ID: <20071031190505.GA12334@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:05:06 -0400
From:	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, hch@...radead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@...ibm.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <pzijlstr@...hat.com>,
	Philippe Elie <phil.el@...adoo.fr>,
	"William L. Irwin" <wli@...omorphy.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <christoph@...eter.com>,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: [RFC] Create kinst/ or ki/ directory ?

Hi -

On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 09:29:07AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> [...]
> > This misstates the details.  What systemtap has out-of-tree is a list
> > of kernel function names (and parameter names), not addresses.  This
> > list does change somewhat with kernel versions, but we generally keep
> > up.  We do test with vanilla kernels, and several non-RH distributors
> > test with their kernels.  It is a problem, but it is manageable.
> 
> yes so please please submit this stuff for mainline inclusion as has
> been asked quite a few times before.

OK, but I don't recall receiving a clear answer as to how you envision
this would work.  Would you support distribution of some systemtap
script files in some new subdirectory?

- FChE
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