Re: [PATCHv10 2.6.35-rc6-tip 9/14] trace: uprobes trace_eventinterface

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 09:56:37AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > Hmm, I disagree with it, because both Kprobes and Uprobes provides
> > > APIs for modules too.
> > 
> > I'm not sure there is a point in maintaining a leightweight version for out 
> > of tree code. These modules could just select kprobes/uprobes events as 
> > well.
> > 
> > As you prefer, that was just a suggestion to make it more simple.
> 
> The upstream policy always was that out of tree code does not exist as far as 
> the kernel is concerned. So it is wrong to make the kernel crappier while 
> helping out of tree code.

Indeed.  In addition to that the current version of uprobes does not
actually have any exported symbols.

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