Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:44:08 -0700 | From | "Martin Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] LTTng relay buffer allocation, read, write |
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> You are actually using them to put redundant information that could be > encoded differently and thus save 4 bits per event records, more or less > what will be needed by most tracers (15 IDs, 1 reserved for an extended > ID field).
You have 15 event types that are useful with no data payload at all?
> So the fact that you use them does not mean they are really required, > and I don't think such duplicated information actually makes things more > solid. Maybe just more obscure ?
This is all over 1 bit of information, right? Since you need at least 1 for the timestamp stuff.
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