Fun with tracepoints

I don't see a problem with making it clear that static trace points are NOT part of the ABI, ie that they may come & go. If you are getting that close to the kernel you have got to expect things to change. But how do people use traces ? Probably to look at particular problems, not as general monitoring.

In practice most people use Distro X, version Y. The release people for this will ensure that trace points don't get removed during the 5/... year lifetime of Y, thus you can install new distro provided kernels without worrying. When you rebuild your machine in 5 years time you redo your traces.