Re: [RFC PATCH][3.0] Tracepoint: dissociate from module mutex

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 14:05 -0400, Jason Baron wrote:

> This is similar to the approach we have taken in the jump label code -
> on module insert/remove we store pointers into module table, so that we
> don't require the module_mutex during update time. It has been working
> well there, so this design makes sense to me at least.

It is also similar to what both ftrace and trace events do as well.

-- Steve


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