microsoft / microsoft/perfview
incomplete instrumentation manifest - no channel or message details
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 4.7k
- Forks
- 775
- Avg merge
- 5d 11h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 9
Description
GetManifestForRegisteredProvider() doesn't recover the (Event Log) channel and message details from the windows provider database when recreating the xml instrumentation manifest.
This would be very helpful for ETW providers that are also Event Log providers.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Locate GetManifestForRegisteredProvider() and trace how it reads the Windows provider database while recreating the XML instrumentation manifest. Verify the behavior for ETW providers that are also Event Log providers; done means the generated manifest includes the provider's channel and message details.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- observability-sre, operating-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100