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Re: [PATCH 08/10] Removed the nfsd.proc4.compound and nfsd.proc.compound.return probes
- From: Steve Dickson <SteveD at redhat dot com>
- To: David Smith <dsmith at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Systemtap Mailing list <systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:22:33 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/10] Removed the nfsd.proc4.compound and nfsd.proc.compound.return probes
- References: <4B86F6E4.8020408@RedHat.com> <4B86F939.60108@RedHat.com> <4B883371.10802@redhat.com>
On 02/26/2010 03:47 PM, David Smith wrote:
> On 02/25/2010 04:27 PM, Steve Dickson wrote:
>> commit 9d906571f71dfcd7d22eec4e06d5a06b9f86805a
>> Author: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
>> Date: Tue Feb 23 11:52:17 2010 -0500
>>
>> Removed the nfsd.proc4.compound and nfsd.proc.compound.return probes
>>
>> Either probes displayed anything that was useful, plus
>> there are other ways to display similar information.
>
> Hmm, once again I'm a bit worried about backwards compatibility by
> deleting these probe points. If a script was written with these probes
> in mind, that script will no longer work.
>
Very valid point... but... The information coming out of these probes
were so useless I can't image anybody using them... Plus breaking them
may be a good thing since we can educate them on how to better utilize
the other existing probes...
steved.