Hi Andrew, He is an updated, folded, version of the Linux Kernel Markers. It replaces the version found in 2.6.21-mm2 at the exact same spot in the series file.
Main changes : - It renames the MARK() trace_mark(), as suggested by Christoph Hellwig. - It now defines the structures contained out of the marker section outside of the #ifdef __KERNEL__ so the SystemTAP tool can use the header to extract the markers from the kernel binary. - The i386 optimization has been tweaked a bit : the call is now in the else branch. It has something to do with the i386 "fast path" being the taken branch of a jump, to make loops faster. It seems that the if/else statements are also affected : the if () will be faster than the else. Therefore, I put the call in the else, to make sure the fastest path is when the marker is disabled. - I added the blktrace port to the markers infrastructure. It makes one in-tree markers user. Please remove : linux-kernel-markers-kconfig-menus.patch linux-kernel-markers-architecture-independant-code.patch linux-kernel-markers-powerpc-optimization.patch linux-kernel-markers-i386-optimization.patch markers-add-instrumentation-markers-menus-to-avr32.patch linux-kernel-markers-non-optimized-architectures.patch markers-alpha-and-avr32-supportadd-alpha-markerh-add-arm26-markerh.patch linux-kernel-markers-documentation.patch # markers-define-the-linker-macro-extra_rwdata.patch markers-use-extra_rwdata-in-architectures.patch And add, instead : linux-kernel-markers-kconfig-menus.patch linux-kernel-markers-architecture-independant-code.patch linux-kernel-markers-header-visible-from-userspace.h linux-kernel-markers-powerpc-optimization.patch linux-kernel-markers-i386-optimization.patch linux-kernel-markers-non-optimized-architectures.patch linux-kernel-markers-documentation.patch # linux-kernel-markers-define-the-linker-macro-extra_rwdata.patch linux-kernel-markers-use-extra_rwdata-in-architectures.patch # linux-kernel-markers-port-blktrace-to-markers.patch Thanks, Mathieu -- Mathieu Desnoyers Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/