On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:48:20 -0400
fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) wrote:

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> Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> writes:
> 
> > [...]  SystemTAP, for instance, does it out of tree by keeping a
> > separate list of address where kprobes must be installed. It does
> > the job on a distribution kernel maintainer perspective (Redhat),
> > since they freeze to a particular kernel version and update this
> > list every time it breaks, but will always be a source of
> > frustration for vanilla kernel users and kernel developers.
> 
> This misstates the details.  What systemtap has out-of-tree is a list
> of kernel function names (and parameter names), not addresses.  This
> list does change somewhat with kernel versions, but we generally keep
> up.  We do test with vanilla kernels, and several non-RH distributors
> test with their kernels.  It is a problem, but it is manageable.

yes so please please submit this stuff for mainline inclusion as has
been asked quite a few times before.



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