Re: [PATCH -tip 0/4] perf-probe updates: string support, etc.

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:11:50 EST


> >>> Masami Hiramatsu (4):
> >>> perf probe: Support static and global variables
> >>> perf probe: Support tracing an entry of array
> >>> perf probe: Support "string" type
> >>> tracing/kprobes: Support "string" type
> >> What's the status of these patches? They seem very useful to me, but I
> >> don't see them in Arnaldo's tree at git.kernel.org.
> >
> > Thanks for reminding me about these ones, will look at them to get them
> > in perf/core.
>
> Thanks for picking it up. And I need to tell it to Sriker because this
> will affect his uprobes patchset (ftrace part).
> (Actually, my original plan was to update the patchset onto
> his uprobes patchset.)
>
> Sriker, the 1st patch in this series will add many macros/functions
> into trace_kprobe.c. This will directly affect your 8th patch of uprobes,
> which splits fetch functions out from trace_kprobe.c.
> Is that OK for you?

Okay, I will keep rebasing to the latest tip/master before sending out
patches for review. So I will continue to do the same when pushing the
v8 patches.

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar
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