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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 22:38:08 +0530 From: Hemant <hkshaw@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, peterz@...radead.org, oleg@...hat.com, mingo@...hat.com, anton@...hat.com, systemtap@...rceware.org, masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Perf support to SDT markers On 09/04/2013 11:38 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote: > Hi Hemant, > > On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:06:40 +0530, Hemant Kumar Shaw wrote: >> This series adds support to perf to list and probe into the SDT markers. >> The first patch implements listing of all the SDT markers present in >> the ELFs (executables or libraries). The SDT markers are present in the >> .note.stapsdt section of the elf. That section can be traversed to list >> all the markers. Recognition of markers follows the SystemTap approach. >> >> The second patch will allow perf to probe into these markers. This is >> done by writing the marker name and its offset into the >> uprobe_events file in the tracing directory. >> Then, perf tools can be used to analyze perf.data file. > First, thanks for your work! > > In fact, I was working on the same topic of support SDT markers. But I > started it by adding support for accessing arguments in uprobes [1]. I was thinking of adding support to SDT markers' arguments too!! I already have your patches and did some basic testing. I will add support to arguments in the next iteration of my patches. > The patchset is floating around the list for now but I hope it'll get > merged soon. I guess you want to have it too :). Of course, that would be great! > > Anyway, it'd great if you add me to CC next time. Sure, will do that. Thanks Hemant > > Thanks, > Namhyung > > > [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1555044 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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