Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:50:29 +0100 | From | Frederic Weisbecker <> | Subject | Re: HW breakpoints perf_events request |
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On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 11:33:46AM -0500, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote: > Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> writes: > > > [...] > > What about extending ptrace to support a new type of > > breakpoint debugging interface? > > This is the sort of reason why the utrace-gdbstub prototype was > constructed. It should allow in-kernel implementation of the > multithreaded gdb extensions. (By the way, it can already use uprobes > rather than userspace-managed breakpoints.)
Can utrace somehow meet Joshua's needs? I'm not sure what kind of interface it can offer for that. The fact is I don't know very well utrace :) Do you plan a resubmission soon?
Thanks.
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