linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Common Trace Format Proposal for Linux (v1)

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Message-ID: <y0miq166qme.fsf@fche.csb>
Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:48:09 -0400
From:	fche@...hat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, systemtap@...rces.redhat.com,
	ltt-dev@...ts.casi.polymtl.ca,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Elena Zannoni <elena.zannoni@...cle.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Aaron Spear <aaron_spear@...tor.com>,
	Tasneem Brutch - SISA <t.brutch@...a.samsung.com>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>, dominique.toupin@...csson.com,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Philippe Maisonneuve <Philippe.Maisonneuve@...driver.com>,
	Felix Burton <Felix.Burton@...driver.com>,
	Andrew McDermott <Andrew.McDermott@...driver.com>,
	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Common Trace Format Proposal for Linux (v1)


Hi -

mathieu wrote:

> [...]
> Metadata attribute representation:
>   align = value;                                /* value in bits */
> [...]
>   byte_order = native OR network OR be OR le;	/* network and be are aliases */
> [...]

Is there some reason to invent a new textual syntax for describing
how to pack structs?  There is DWARF, ASN.1, C, ....

- FChE
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