lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2009]   [Nov]   [30]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [RFC] [PATCH] In-kernel gdbstub based on utrace Infrastructure.
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 04:16:50PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> [...]
> kgdb exists here and today in the kernel and you cannot just build a
> facility that doesnt replace it and doesnt integrate well with it.

Surely you don't mean that: every non-kgdb facility in the kernel
meets that definition, even all debugging-related facilities such as
perf and ftrace.


> So if a unified user/kernel model for debugging is a 'long term'
> feature in your view then perhaps this framework (which introduces
> _extensive_ hooks all around the kernel) is not designed/approached
> in the right way and should not be merged in this form.

Which "this framework" are you talking about? Please clarify what
exactly you're trying to say.


- FChE


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2009-11-30 16:31    [W:2.825 / U:1.620 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site