From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27351 invoked by alias); 14 Nov 2009 00:06:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 27343 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Nov 2009 00:06:33 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:06:30 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nAE06SrB012433 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:06:28 -0500 Received: from gateway.sf.frob.com (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nAE06RFS009689; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:06:28 -0500 Received: from magilla.sf.frob.com (magilla.sf.frob.com [198.49.250.228]) by gateway.sf.frob.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C9E2357B; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:06:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by magilla.sf.frob.com (Postfix, from userid 5281) id 48ED615E8; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:06:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Roland McGrath To: Ingo Molnar X-Fcc: ~/Mail/linus Cc: Masami Hiramatsu , lkml , systemtap , DLE Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 2/3] Add coredump tracepoint In-Reply-To: Ingo Molnar's message of Saturday, 14 November 2009 01:02:34 +0100 <20091114000234.GA24738@elte.hu> References: <20091113225226.15079.90813.stgit@harusame> <20091113225233.15079.41600.stgit@harusame> <20091113233912.192A3100E@magilla.sf.frob.com> <20091114000234.GA24738@elte.hu> Message-Id: <20091114000627.48ED615E8@magilla.sf.frob.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:06:00 -0000 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact systemtap-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: systemtap-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-q4/txt/msg00522.txt.bz2 > Oh, so SystemTap is the motivator of these tracepoints? Nope. My suggestion about arguments to pass was just generic based on the innate context of this tracepoint. > Do you know about exact usecases where these tracepoints would be > utilized? Would be interesting (and relevant) to list them. Masami's colleagues do have something in particular in mind, but I'm not sure whether they intend to use systemtap as part of the implementation of that or not. Thanks, Roland