Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:25:38 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [patch 4/5] x86, ptrace: new ptrace BTS API |
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* Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> wrote:
> Here's the new ptrace BTS API that supports two different overflow > handling mechanisms (wrap-around and buffer-full-signal) to support > two different use cases (debugging and profiling). > > It further combines buffer allocation and configuration. > > Opens: > - memory rlimit > - overflow signal > > What would be the right signal to use?
i think we tend to have such signal targets configurable (like in the POSIX timers APIs) - or we could use SIGIO. I've Cc:-ed Ulrich - maybe he has some specific ideas how to structure this.
Ingo
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