linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 06/11] sched: Fix trace_sched

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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:30:06 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
	umgwanakikbuti@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 06/11] sched: Fix trace_sched_switch()

On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:48:28 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> /SHOULD/ being the operative word. Experience has taught me that
> changing the sched tracepoint leads to borkage.

Right. But experience also tells us that those relying on offsets will
get brokage if they run 32 bit userspace on a 64 bit kernel too.

> 
> But we can sure try, see if someone notices etc.. Same with
> trace_sched_wakeup(), that still prints a dummy value.

Removing a field can break things that even use the parsing library.
That's why we still have that.

-- Steve
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