runtime control.c

[Martin Hunt]

On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 17:57 -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Can Martin or Tom explain the perceived need for the separate kernel
> module in "transport/control.c" (as opposed to the contents being
> shoved into the plain runtime).  Such dependencies are not very
> convenient.

Tom wrote it, so he's the expert.  Basically it allows multiple
systemtap probes to share a netlink channel.  There are other possible
approaches, including changing the kernel headers to allow us a big
block of netlink channels. However, the transport module seems to work
well.

What don't you find convenient about it?

Martin