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SubjectRe: [RFC] [PATCH] In-kernel gdbstub based on utrace Infrastructure.
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On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 10:03 -0500, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> peterz wrote:
>
> > Hmm,. wouldn't it make much more sense to extend the current kgdb stub
> > to include userspace debugging, providing an all-in-one solution?
> > I think it would be much more powerful to be able to observe the full
> > software stack and not be limited by this user<->kernel barrier.
>
> There exist other tools for this broad a scope (systemtap being one),
> and present gdb is not well suited for this. That makes this idea an
> exciting potential for the future, but not a practical short-term
> goal.

Who's talking short-term? And if gdb is unsuited, it'll simply have to
get fixed :-)




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