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Re: [RFC] Common Trace Format Proposal for Linux (v1)
- From: fche at redhat dot com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
- To: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu dot desnoyers at efficios dot com>
- Cc: linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org, systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com, ltt-dev at lists dot casi dot polymtl dot ca, Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis dot org>, mingo at elte dot hu, Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead dot org>, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec at gmail dot com>, Elena Zannoni <elena dot zannoni at oracle dot com>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme at infradead dot org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix dot de>, Aaron Spear <aaron_spear at mentor dot com>, Tasneem Brutch - SISA <t dot brutch at sisa dot samsung dot com>, Tim Bird <tim dot bird at am dot sony dot com>, dominique dot toupin at ericsson dot com, Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Philippe Maisonneuve <Philippe dot Maisonneuve at windriver dot com>, Felix Burton <Felix dot Burton at windriver dot com>, Andrew McDermott <Andrew dot McDermott at windriver dot com>, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha at gmail dot com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:48:09 -0400
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Common Trace Format Proposal for Linux (v1)
- References: <20101005193712.GB25605@Krystal>
Hi -
mathieu wrote:
> [...]
> Metadata attribute representation:
> align = value; /* value in bits */
> [...]
> byte_order = native OR network OR be OR le; /* network and be are aliases */
> [...]
Is there some reason to invent a new textual syntax for describing
how to pack structs? There is DWARF, ASN.1, C, ....
- FChE