Re: [PATCH 00/40] Memory allocation profiling

From: Petr Tesařík
Date: Wed May 03 2023 - 06:26:38 EST


On Wed, 3 May 2023 05:57:15 -0400
Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 11:50:51AM +0200, Petr Tesařík wrote:
> > If anyone ever wants to use this code tagging framework for something
> > else, they will also have to convert relevant functions to macros,
> > slowly changing the kernel to a minefield where local identifiers,
> > struct, union and enum tags, field names and labels must avoid name
> > conflict with a tagged function. For now, I have to remember that
> > alloc_pages is forbidden, but the list may grow.
>
> Also, since you're not actually a kernel contributor yet...

I see, I've been around only since 2007...

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2a97468024fb5b6eccee2a67a7796485c829343a

Petr T