linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 00/28] ktap: A lightweight dynamic tracing tool for Linux

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Message-ID: <20140407135519.GJ10526@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Mon, 7 Apr 2014 15:55:19 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	Jovi Zhangwei <jovi.zhangwei@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Geoff.Levand@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/28] ktap: A lightweight dynamic tracing tool for
 Linux

On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 09:42:03AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> I'd suggest using C syntax instead initially, because that's what the 
> kernel is using.
> 
> The overwhelming majority of people probing the kernel are 
> programmers, so there's no point in inventing new syntax, we should 
> reuse existing syntax!

Yes please, keep it C, I forever forget all other syntaxes. While I have
in the past known other languages, I never use them frequently enough to
remember them. And there's nothing more frustrating than having to fight
a tool/language when you just want to get work done.
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