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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: add the debugfs interface for the sysprof tool
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> Seems a poor idea to me. Sure, oprofile is "hard to set up", but not if
> your distributor already did it for you.
>
> Sidebar: the code uses the utterly crappy register_timer_hook() which
>
> a) is woefully misnamed and
>
> b) is racy and
>
> c) will disrupt oprofile if it is being used. And vice versa.

I wonder if sysprof should hook to the same interrupt as oprofile then?

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> This code adds a new kernel->userspace interface which is not even
> documented in code comments. It appears to use a pollable debugfs file in
> /proc somewhere, carrying an unspecified payload.

[snip]

> This reads a single item even if there were 100 queued, which is quite
> inefficient.
>
> We already have infrastructure for bulk kernel->user transfer in
> kernel/relay.c?

Agreed. This seems like a perfect fit with relayfs.


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