netdev - Re: [patch net-next 1/2] devlink: add hardware messages tracing facility

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Message-ID: <20160712064448.GA1884@nanopsycho.orion>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:44:48 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com, yotamg@...lanox.com,
	eladr@...lanox.com, nogahf@...lanox.com, ogerlitz@...lanox.com,
	ivecera@...hat.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	jolsa@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 1/2] devlink: add hardware messages tracing
 facility

Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 10:45:16PM CEST, davem@...emloft.net wrote:
>From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:18:47 +0200
>
>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>> 
>> Define a tracepoint and allow user to trace messages going to and from
>> hardware associated with devlink instance.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>
>Jiri, I don't think "having a devlink_ prefix" is a strong enough argument
>for doing things specially here.
>
>Just use the tracing facilities and export them the way everyone else
>does, and the way that two people already have suggested.

ok