Re: [PATCH 0/3] A kernel tracing interface - (updated)

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Wed Sep 26 2007 - 15:17:34 EST


* David J. Wilder (dwilder@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> These patches provide a kernel tracing interface called "trace".
>
> (update) Moved the sample code to the new samples\ subdir
>
> The motivation for "trace" is to:
> - Provide a simple set of tracing primitives that will utilize the high-
> performance and low-overhead of relayfs for passing traces data from
> kernel to user space.
> - Provide a common user interface for managing kernel traces.
> - Allow for binary as well as ascii trace data.
> - Incorporate features from the systemtap runtime that are
> useful to others.
>
> Patches are against 2.6.23-rc6-mm1
>
> Summary of patches:
> [patch 1/3] Trace code and documentation
> [patch 2/3] Relay Reset Consumed
> [patch 3/3] Trace sample
>
> Note: Patches 1/3 and 2/3 must be applied together.
>
> Note: The following patches must be applied with 3/3.
> [patch 3/5] Add samples subdir
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/25/157

I guess you mean:
[patch 3/5] Add samples subdir (updated)
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/25/366

(please try it with this new version, it should work as is..)

Mathieu

> [patch 4/5] Linux Kernel Markers - Samples
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/25/166
>
> Signed-off-by: David Wilder <dwilder@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>

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