[ltt-dev] [patch 6/9] LTTng instrumentation - timer

Thomas Gleixner tglx at linutronix.de
Tue Mar 24 15:14:06 EDT 2009


On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> the init methods are missing from your patch entirely - and the rest 
> is partially incomplete as well.
> 
> Instrumentation of the del_timer() variants is missing. For a 
> complete lifetime analysis of timers this cannot be left out.

Look at the debugobjects hooks. They cover the complete timer life
time already.

Piggypacking tracepoints on those would simplify maintenance and
reduce the number of extra lines in the code.

Thanks,

	tglx




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