[tor-bugs] #13802 [Tor]: Add instrumentation to tor

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#13802: Add instrumentation to tor
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 Reporter:  dgoulet            |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement        |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Medium             |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.8.x-final
Component:  Tor                |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal             |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorCoreTeam201511  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #13792             |         Points:  medium
  Sponsor:  SponsorR           |
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Comment (by dgoulet):

 Replying to [comment:16 clePYew]:
 > This would be a step that would be impossible to undo, and would be
 potentially very negative.

 Low-level instrumentation is indeed something that once added it has to be
 considered long live thus quite stable. I don't see that as negative
 because it's useful and as long as we think correctly about which event we
 add, it should be fine. The pros are beating the cons imo. It will become
 an external "ABI/API" like our control port.

 > I see LTTng has pretty documentation, though. Why don't we use their
 documentation formatter?

 Not sure to understand here. LTTng has indeed pretty documentation on
 their website but it's first and foremost a tracer that can be hooked to
 those instrumentation event we'll add, not baked into tor.

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