Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:22:13 -0500 | From | "Frank Ch. Eigler" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] [PATCH 4/7] Uprobes Implementation |
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Hi -
> > Well, I'm not in a position to argue line by line about the necessity > > or the cost of utrace low level guts, but this may represent the most > > practical engineering balance between functionality / modularity / > > undesirably intrusive modifications. > > How intrusive and non-modular is installing a DIE_INT3 notifier?
I'm not sure about all the reasons pro/con, but it looks like installing such a systemwide hook would force every userspace breakpoint or kprobe event machine wide to pass through the hypothetical uprobes layer, whether or not applicable to a current task.
- FChE
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