Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:42:33 -0800 | From | Josh Stone <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] uprobes: Add exports for module use |
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Hi Christoph,
On 01/11/2013 01:32 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 03:01:46PM -0800, Josh Stone wrote: >> The original pull message for uprobes (commit 654443e2) noted: >> >> This tree includes uprobes support in 'perf probe' - but SystemTap >> (and other tools) can take advantage of user probe points as well.
I believe this quoted line already signaled the intent that SystemTap use should be allowed.
> Get systemtap into the mainline kernel tree and we can talk.
This is unlikely to ever happen, nor do I think it's necessarily appropriate. For instance, we are also developing an alternate mode of operation that uses Dyninst instead of kernel modules. We're keeping both modes for their different trade-offs, but in general the tool's relationship with the kernel is somewhat weaker now.
Thanks, Josh
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