linux-kernel - Re: [RFD] Future tracing/instrumentation directions

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Message-ID: <20100520114851.GA17860@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 20 May 2010 13:48:51 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@....info.waseda.ac.jp>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFD] Future tracing/instrumentation directions


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:

> > as long as the tool is built in a way that it does not 
> > need updates when we add trace points or other 
> > functionality to the kernel.
> 
> Yeah, most definitely. The sysfs event_source class will 
> ensure that whatever (new) events are available 
> propagate through the tool and are available to it.

Note that this approach isnt just for tools/perf/, it will 
be useful for other perf events based tools as well: 
SysProf and for the libpfm based apps.

	Ingo
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