zanussi work on ftrace

[Masami Hiramatsu]

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

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Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
Software Solutions Division

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