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Re: trace over network is supported?

Hi, Masami -

> > One can invoke stap over an ssh or similar connection, so to that
> > extent, "yes, it can.".  What do you mean exactly?
> 
> Yeah, I know about tracing over ssh connection, but
> that is too heavy to record high-freq system events
> (e.g. systemcalls).
>
> I meant that something like trace-data listener and
> sender over UDP or TCP.

If the heaviness comes from the encryption provided by ssh, then one
can tie stap straight to tcp/udp sockets with wrappers like netcat.
Beyond some copy-elimination a la splice(2), do you think there is
much to be done?

- FChE
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