linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 1/1 (was 0/1 by accident)] tools/dtrace: initial implementation of DTrace

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Message-Id: <20190710.153116.614111233846989165.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:31:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     brendan.d.gregg@...il.com
Cc:     kris.van.hees@...cle.com, daniel@...earbox.net, corbet@....net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        dtrace-devel@....oracle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, mhiramat@...nel.org, acme@...nel.org,
        ast@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, clm@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/1 (was 0/1 by accident)] tools/dtrace: initial
 implementation of DTrace

From: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:49:52 -0700

> Hey Kris -- so you're referring to me, and I've used DTrace more than
> anyone over the past 15 years, and I don't think anyone has used all
> the different Linux tracers more than I have. I think my opinion has a
> lot of value.

+1

I seriously am against starting to merge all of these userland tracing
tools into the tree.

They belong as separate independant projects, outside of the kernel
tree.