Re: [PATCH 9/16] 2.6.17-rc6 perfmon2 patch for review: kernel-level API support (kapi)

[Stephane Eranian]

Hi,

On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 02:50:14PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 02:07:38AM -0700, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> > This patch contains the kernel-level API support.
> 
> NACK.  No one should call this from kernel space.
> 

Well, that's what I initially thought too but there is a need from the SystemTap
people and given the way they set things up, it is hard to do it from user level.

> and apparently noting in your patchkit does either, so this is just dead code.

I have not immediate need my self, but I have received several requests for
this, systemtap being one of them.

-- 
-Stephane
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