linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2.6.37-rc5-tip 18/20] 18: uprobes: commonly used filters.

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Date:	Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:32:59 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	SystemTap <systemtap@...rces.redhat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2.6.37-rc5-tip 18/20] 18: uprobes: commonly used filters.

On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:30:49 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju said:

> Provides most commonly used filters. Prevents users from having to define
> their own filters. However this would be useful once we can
> dynamically associate a filter with a uprobe-event tracer.

Unclear/awkward language here...

Did you mean "Prevents users from defining their own filters" or "Allows
users to not have to define their own filters"?

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