From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 19:46:19 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Add key characteristics to rfc X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=HEAD;p=libside.git Add key characteristics to rfc Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- diff --git a/doc/rfc-side-abi.txt b/doc/rfc-side-abi.txt index 8476672..89cefd3 100644 --- a/doc/rfc-side-abi.txt +++ b/doc/rfc-side-abi.txt @@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ RFC - SIDE ABI The purpose of the SIDE ABI is to allow kernel and user-space tracers to attach to static and dynamic instrumentation of user-space applications. +The SIDE ABI key characteristics: + +- runtime and language agnostic, +- supports multiple concurrent tracers, +- instrumentation is not specific to a tracer, so there is no need + to rebuild applications if using a different tracer, +- instrumentation can be either static or dynamic, +- supports complex and nested types, +- supports both static and dynamic types. + The SIDE ABI expresses the instrumentation description as data (no generated code). Instrumentation arguments are passed on the stack as an array of typed items, along with a reference to the instrumentation