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Re: zanussi work on ftrace
- From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at redhat dot com>
- To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
- Cc: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:52:30 -0400
- Subject: Re: zanussi work on ftrace
- References: <20090320175248.GB12974@redhat.com>
Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Hi -
>
> FYI, it seems like some in ftrace land are adopting more of the
> in-situ general filtering philosophy of systemtap. Our ex-own Tom
> Zanussi has been posting some interesting patches to lkml: google
> "zedtrace" and "ftrace filtering".
Hmm, Interesting work.
His "using existing language" idea might be attractive especially
for people who don't know systemtap language...
>
> Depending on how far this effort develops, it could be a partial
> backend for some systemtap scripts; or more; or less.
Yeah, as long as it supports external(modular)-filter function :)
Thank you,
>
> - FChE
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Masami Hiramatsu
Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
Software Solutions Division
e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com