Re: [RFC] Full syscall argument decode in "perf trace"

[Ingo Molnar]

* David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 9/18/13 5:35 AM, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> >Therefore my question should be restated as:
> >
> >Would perf developers accept the "syscall pausing" feature,
> >or it won't be accepted?
> 
> I have been using perf-trace a lot lately specifically because it is 
> effectively a 'passive' observer of the task (e.g., time-sensitive tasks 
> can be traced with perf but not with strace).

Yes, this is not just an important but a primary design goal for all perf 
utilities: if the tracing buffers used are large enough then it should be 
a nearly zero-overhead observer that preserves all previous patterns of 
behavior as much as possible.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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