Re: [RFD] Future tracing/instrumentation directions

[Ingo Molnar]

* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > as long as the tool is built in a way that it does not 
> > need updates when we add trace points or other 
> > functionality to the kernel.
> 
> Yeah, most definitely. The sysfs event_source class will 
> ensure that whatever (new) events are available 
> propagate through the tool and are available to it.

Note that this approach isnt just for tools/perf/, it will 
be useful for other perf events based tools as well: 
SysProf and for the libpfm based apps.

	Ingo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/