Re: Review: DTrace probes (merged version) ver_03 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Review: DTrace probes (merged version) ver_03
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Msg-id 20080731210841.GN8497@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Review: DTrace probes (merged version) ver_03  (Robert Lor <Robert.Lor@Sun.COM>)
Responses Re: Review: DTrace probes (merged version) ver_03  (Robert Lor <Robert.Lor@Sun.COM>)
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Robert Lor wrote:

> Tom Lane wrote:

>> * The probes that pass buffer tag elements are already broken by the
>> pending "relation forks" patch: there is soon going to be another field
>> in buffer tags.  Perhaps it'd be feasible to pass the buffer tag as a  
>> single probe argument to make that a bit more future-proof?  I'm not
>> sure if that would complicate the use of the probe so much as to be
>> counterproductive.
>
> Took out the buffer tag argument for now. Will figure out how to best  
> solve this after this relation forks patch is committed.

I was checking the DTrace docs for other reasons and I came across this,
which maybe can be useful here:

http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-6223/chp-xlate?a=view

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