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[Bug translator/7042] Make upstream kernel developers happy
- From: "mhiramat at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 5 Dec 2008 04:21:54 -0000
- Subject: [Bug translator/7042] Make upstream kernel developers happy
- References: <20081121132446.7042.mhiramat@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
------- Additional Comments From mhiramat at redhat dot com 2008-12-05 04:21 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> OK, but what changes would that particular video inspire?
>From his presentation, I think he want us to follow "upstream first" policy.
As he said in the video that out-of-kernel project like closed source driver costs
high to follow the upstream kernel.
I definitely agree that it's hard to merge whole of the systemtap into kernel tree.
however, I think most of our runtime code(and parts of code generated by translator)
can be merged into kernel. (ex. safety memory access(which has already been
merged!),
trace framework including probing and buffering)
And if we merge them, we can concentrate on developing translator, and will not take
care about upstream kernel changes any more.
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