Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> The following patches against qemu.git allow static trace events to be declared
> in QEMU. Trace events use a lightweight syntax and are independent of the
> backend tracing system (e.g. LTTng UST).
>
> Supported backends are:
> * my trivial tracer ("simple")
> * LTTng Userspace Tracer ("ust")
> * no tracer ("nop", the default)
>
> The ./configure option to choose a backend is --trace-backend=.
>
> Main point of this patchset: adding new trace events is easy and we can switch
> between backends without modifying the code.
>
> Prerna: Would you like to add your tracing system as a backend? This would be
> similar to my patches to add "simple" and "ust" backend support.
>
> Jan: Adding kernel marker backend support should be straightforward if you are
> interested.
>
> These patches are also available at:
> http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/stefanha.git/shortlog/refs/heads/tracing
>
Nice! Will have a closer look once timer permits, specifically to check
how ftrace can be added to this. Looks indeed straightforward on first
sight.
Jan
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