From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25104 invoked by alias); 19 May 2006 10:40:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 25097 invoked by uid 22791); 19 May 2006 10:40:42 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtagate2.uk.ibm.com (HELO mtagate2.uk.ibm.com) (195.212.29.135) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 19 May 2006 10:40:38 +0000 Received: from d06nrmr1407.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06nrmr1407.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.38.185]) by mtagate2.uk.ibm.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k4JAeZIg080262 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 10:40:35 GMT Received: from d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.37.228]) by d06nrmr1407.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.12.10/NCO/VER6.8) with ESMTP id k4JAfYwx140488 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:41:34 +0100 Received: from d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k4JAeYoU000645 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:40:35 +0100 Received: from d06ml065.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06ml065.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.38.138]) by d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4JAeYYx000642; Fri, 19 May 2006 11:40:34 +0100 In-Reply-To: <446D33AB.2010207@cn.ibm.com> Subject: Re: Linux Trace terminology - feedback requested Sensitivity: To: Li Guanglei Cc: CE Linux Developers List , ltt-dev , Tohru Nojiri , systemtap , Tim Bird X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.1IBM February 19, 2004 Message-ID: From: Richard J Moore Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:40:00 -0000 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D06ML065/06/M/IBM(Release 6.53HF247 | January 6, 2005) at 19/05/2006 11:41:34 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact systemtap-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: systemtap-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-q2/txt/msg00455.txt.bz2 systemtap-owner@sourceware.org wrote on 19/05/2006 03:55:39: > Tim Bird ??: > > > I'm working on coordinating ... > > In LKET, we have some slight differences, listed below: > > > > Here is my first attempt: > > > > * event - an instruction location or system state at a specific > point in time > > * trace point - a location in the traced software, where an event > is "emitted" And as matter of semantics: point: trace point is better specified as trace-point or tracepoint; similarly for probe point; since these terms do not refer to "points" in general. > I called it "probe point". But "trace point" emphasizes more about > "tracing". > > * trace log - location where trace data is stored long-term > > Does your tracing system use different terms for any of the above? > > If so, what are they? > > > > * event hook - refers to the (trace point definition)/(corresponding > trace handler) in the *tracing* software for a specific event. > > * trace handler(probe handler) - The codes to be executed when a > trace point is hit. > >