Re: [PATCH 2/4] tracing: add event trace infrastructure
[Posted March 11, 2009 by jake]
| From: |
| Andrew Morton <akpm-AT-linux-foundation.org> |
| To: |
| Steven Rostedt <rostedt-AT-goodmis.org> |
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| Re: [PATCH 2/4] tracing: add event trace infrastructure |
| Date: |
| Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:33:08 -0800 |
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| LKML <linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo-AT-elte.hu>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx-AT-linutronix.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz-AT-infradead.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec-AT-gmail.com>,
Theodore Tso <tytso-AT-mit.edu>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan-AT-infradead.org>,
Pekka Paalanen <pq-AT-iki.fi>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme-AT-redhat.com>,
Jason Baron <jbaron-AT-redhat.com>,
Martin Bligh <mbligh-AT-google.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj-AT-krystal.dyndns.org>,
"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche-AT-redhat.com>,
KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro-AT-jp.fujitsu.com>,
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe-AT-oracle.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat-AT-redhat.com>,
Steven Rostedt <srostedt-AT-redhat.com> |
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:08:56 -0500 (EST) Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> > Gad, what a lot of stuff.
> >
> > Use strncpy_from_user()?
> >
> > Use strstrip()?
> >
> > Why do we care about leading and trailing whitespace - user error!
>
> This is because i want:
>
> cat available_events > set_event
>
> to work.
:(
Why on earth do we keep on putting all these pretty-printers and
pretty-parsers into the kernel? I mean, how hard is it for userspace
to read a text file, do some basic substitutions and print it out again?
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