> On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Neil Horman wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 08:54:42PM -0400, Bill Fink wrote:
> > > On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Neil Horman wrote:
> > >
> > > > You're timing is impeccable! I just posted a patch for an ftrace module to help
> > > > detect just these kind of conditions:
> > > >
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=124967650218846&w=2
> > > >
> > > > Hope that helps you out
> > > > Neil
> > >
> > > Thanks! It could be helpful. Do you have a pointer to documentation
> > > on how to use it? And does it require the latest GIT kernel or could
> > > it possibly be used with a 2.6.29.6 kernel?
> > >
> > > -Bill
> >
> > It should apply to 2.6.29.6 no problem (might take a little massaging, but not
> > much).
>
> It doesn't look like I can apply your patches to my 2.6.29.6 kernel.
>
> For starters, there's no include/trace/events directory, so there's
> no include/trace/events/skb.h. There is an include/trace/skb.h file,
> but there's no TRACE_EVENT defined anywhere in the kernel.
>
> I don't suppose it's as simple as defining (from include/linux/tracepoint.h
> from Linus's GIT tree):
>
> #define PARAMS(args...) args
>
> #define TRACE_EVENT(name, proto, args, struct, assign, print) \
> DECLARE_TRACE(name, PARAMS(proto), PARAMS(args))
>
> So do you still think it's reasonable to try applying your patches
> to my 2.6.29.6 kernel, or should I get a newer kernel like 2.6.30.4
> or 2.6.31-rc6?
>
> -Thanks
>
> -Bill
>
>
>
