Re: [PATCH -tip 2/3] Add coredump tracepoint

[Roland McGrath]

> Oh, so SystemTap is the motivator of these tracepoints? 

Nope.  My suggestion about arguments to pass was just generic based on the
innate context of this tracepoint.

> Do you know about exact usecases where these tracepoints would be
> utilized? Would be interesting (and relevant) to list them.

Masami's colleagues do have something in particular in mind,
but I'm not sure whether they intend to use systemtap as part
of the implementation of that or not.


Thanks,
Roland
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