Re: [PATCH] docs: move tracing tools

From: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
Date: Wed Apr 26 2023 - 05:06:16 EST


On 4/25/23 19:48, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:02:30 +0300
> Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> from list of development tools to user tools
>> because these tools work on running kernel
>> and are invoked from user mode
> Wait what? No!
>
> The trace/ directory has a lot that is kernel internal only. Yes, it may
> explain how user space can interact with it, but it's also how internal
> kernel processes can use the ftrace infrastructure, and also explains a lot
> of the kernel design of that code.
>
> NACK!

NACK++

-- Daniel