Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:29:10 -0500 | From | "Frank Ch. Eigler" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] [PATCH] In-kernel gdbstub based on utrace Infrastructure. |
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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
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