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

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Message-ID: <534BFE90.7070500@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:28:16 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	Jovi Zhangwei <jovi.zhangwei@...il.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.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>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/28] ktap: A lightweight dynamic tracing tool for
 Linux

On 04/14/2014 05:11 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Jovi Zhangwei <jovi.zhangwei@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> Obviously many people love ktap nowadays even though it's not a
>> C-family language, [...]
>
> Imagine how much more widespread it would become amongst kernel
> developers if it had C syntax - see PeterZ's reply for example.

+1

I think it would be awesome to reuse the kernel's BPF engine
with its C backend for this in the way that Alexei has started
in its original set; surely there's a lot of work that still
needs to be addressed, but it would allow long-term for just
having that engine to maintain, and also to exploit its
flexibility and speed (JIT) where we can.
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