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Re: [patch 1/4] Linux Kernel Markers - Architecture Independent Code
- From: Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>
- To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>, systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:32:33 +0100
- Subject: Re: [patch 1/4] Linux Kernel Markers - Architecture Independent Code
- References: <20070918211324.161373216@polymtl.ca> <20070919113737.GA18177@Krystal> <y0mtzpqvk1l.fsf@ton.toronto.redhat.com> <200709192132.00873.vda.linux@googlemail.com> <20070921125819.GA13129@Krystal> <20070921130752.GB9431@infradead.org> <20070921133348.GG8964@redhat.com>
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 09:33:48AM -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> > Once the systemtap people are ready for merging their stuff into
> > the kernel tree we can cater towards their needs.
>
> You keep saying only that. If you've given thought to how this could
> actually look and work, please do be a generous fellow and share.
It's pretty simple - everything that pokes into kernel internals belongs
into the kernel tree, otherwise it's unsupported.
That's the highlevel outline, if you look at the details there's a lot
more wrong about systemtap, but we'll get to that and fix it once you
actually submit bits.