Kernel marker

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Kernel markers are a kernel feature which permits tracing of kernel-user space interaction. A marker can be on or off depending on whether a probe is connected to it or not. It may cause a slight overhead for certain operations.

Mathieu Desnoyers have created a patch-set that implements kernel markers for the Linux kernel. It was merged into the 2.6.24 release.[1]

Linux Kernel Markers are needed for SystemTap.

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  1. ^ Linux 2 6 24 - Linux Kernel Newbies

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