Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/5] code_domain: New code domain tracking susbsystem | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:09:39 -0400 |
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On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 21:45 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Create a new subsystem that handles the probing on kernel > > boundaries to keep track of the transitions between code > > domains with two basic initial domains: user or kernel. > > To do a bit more bike shed painting, I'd call it "context > tracking" - user mode, kernel mode (guest mode, etc.). > > The term 'code domain' would bring up blank stares from most > kernel developers, me thinks.
Heh, that would be a second new term I heard this week for context. Earlier, I noticed that Paul McKenney called it 'levels'. So now there's four names:
user/kernel context user/kernel state user/kernel level user/kernel domain
And we could probably add a fifth:
user/kernel mode
;-)
-- Steve
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