Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/5] NFS: trace points added to mounting path

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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 09:27:30AM -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Greg Banks <gnb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > Steve Dickson wrote:
> >> So the ultimate goal would be to replace all the dprintks with trace points
> >> but still be able to enable them through the rpcdebug command
> > I have a patch which changes the definition of the dprintk() macro (but
> > *not* dprintk() callsites) to allow enabling and disabling individual
> > dprintk() statements through a /proc/ interface.  Would you be
> > interested in that?
> 
> That sounds like duplicated work.  How does it differ from Jason Baron's
> dynamic printk patches (which I believe are now upstream)?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeff

Introducing/converting one of the accepted methods of static
instrumentation - like tracepoints would help more users (whether
in-kernel or otherwise) harness them.

Steve,
	Would it help convert the systemtap script (nfs_mount.stp) in
Patch - 5 into a kernel module (perhaps in samples/ directory) to bring
an in-kernel user of these tracepoints?

Thanks,
K.Prasad

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