Re: [patch 00/37] Linux Kernel Markers instrumentation for sched-devel.git

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Mon Apr 28 2008 - 15:02:32 EST


> > > It hides the cosmetically-ugly bits, but not the deeply ugly: each of these
> > > trace points is an extension to the kernel->userspace API, with all that
> > > this implies.
> >
> > Not at all. It's only accessibe to kernel code, so it per defintion
> > can't be a userspace API.
>
> eh? It adds human-readable printk strings.

Yes, human-readable.
but I think trace point shouldn't be treat as kernel API.
because it cause showed implementation detail become impossible.

so, it decrease valuable of trace point.

example, nobody hope crash command hidden implementation detail.
I hope trace point is treated as so too.
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