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Date:	Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:14:10 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	systemtap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	DLE <dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 2/3] Add coredump tracepoint


* Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com> wrote:

> > Do you know about exact usecases where these tracepoints would be 
> > utilized? Would be interesting (and relevant) to list them.
> 
> Masami's colleagues do have something in particular in mind, but I'm 
> not sure whether they intend to use systemtap as part of the 
> implementation of that or not.

Some sort of flexible core dump server perhaps, driven by user-space 
logic? (vastly more flexible than coredump-filter or coredump ulimits 
are today)

	Ingo
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