Packing "R" actions in a QTDP packet
Michael Snyder
msnyder@redhat.com
Mon Nov 21 20:19:00 GMT 2005
Jim Blandy wrote:
> The code in stringify_collection_list will concatenate as many 'M' and
> 'X' actions as it can in a packet, but it leaves 'R' actions in a
> packet by themselves.
Are you sure? That's not my recollection, though admittedly
it's been 5 years or so... In my mental picture, the R bitmask
goes somewhere in the QTDP message, just *before* the memranges.
There is of course only one 'R' <thing> per tracepoint,
because it's a bitmask...
> Is there any technical reason for this? Should
> I simply document the protocol as allowing actions to be packed
> together as much as you like as long as the overall packet size
> doesn't get too big, or should I say that 'R' actions require a packet
> unto themselves?
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