linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] Unified trace buffer

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Message-ID: <20080927170225.GJ4600@elte.hu>
Date:	Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:02:25 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	David Wilder <dwilder@...ibm.com>, hch@....de,
	Martin Bligh <mbligh@...gle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] Unified trace buffer


* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> > Indeed. And on some architectures 'packed' will actually mean that 
> > the compiler may think that it's unaligned, and then generate much 
> > worse code to access the fields. So if you align things anyway (and 
> > you do), then 'packed' is the wrong thing to do.
> 
> OK, I'm making v6 now with various cleanups. I'll nuke it on that one.

btw., now that it's getting into shape, could you please fix the ftrace 
portion:

> Subject: [RFC PATCH 2/2 v3] ftrace: make work with new ring buffer
>
> Note: This patch is a proof of concept, and breaks a lot of 
> functionality of ftrace.
>
> This patch simply makes ftrace work with the developmental ring 
> buffer.

... to not have known bugs, so that we could try it in tip/ftrace and 
make sure it works well in practice?

it's a ton of changes already, it would be nice to get to some stable 
known-working state and do delta patches from that point on, and keep 
its 'works well' quality.

	Ingo
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