Re: [RFC] Create instrumentation directory (git repository)

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Christoph Lameter (clameter@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> 
> > vm/vmstat.c
> 
> The vm statistics are important for the operation of the VM. They are not 
> optional. So I do not think that they fall under the category of 
> instrumentation.

But I guess vm stats can be useful to others; a kernel tracer for
instance ?

Putting stuff in instrumentation/ by no way means that it becomes
optional for a subsystem, but merely that it could either export
information useful for kernel instrumentation or have some
infrastructure parts merged with others. 

Mathieu

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