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Re: Integrate delay accounting with systemtap?
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> writes:
> [...] We shouldn't be using any probes or functions in kernel for
> this feature. Rather, SystemTap should be taught to listen to the
> netlink socket where this information is available.
What do you mean by "listen to the netlink socket"? The netlink
widget is (roughly speaking) a way for user-space programs to run
kernel queries outside the many other available methods. But
systemtap scripts already run in kernel space. How/why would you want
them to talk across netlink sockets?
- FChE