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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
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Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINER TOPIC] tracepoints without user
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On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:04:05 -0400
Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com> wrote:

> The tricky part is we want to be able to access these from eBPF.  I argue that
> eBPF is run in the kernel so it has the same rules as kernel modules.  Others
> seem less convinced of this argument, so it would be good to get a definitive
> answer.  Thanks,

Note, adding a module to let eBPF access these tracepoints would also
be trivial. Would a module be of issue at FB? It could be easily added
at boot up.

-- Steve