From: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
utrace-devel <utrace-devel@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] In-kernel gdbstub based on utrace Infrastructure.
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:08:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <y0mhbryamt2.fsf@fche.csb> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091210074158.GI16874@elte.hu> (Ingo Molnar's message of "Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:41:58 +0100")
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:
> [...] Since the speed of development in this area is truly glacial
> at the moment and the practical advantages that i can experience
> personally (directly as a Linux user and indirectly as a maintainer)
> are miniscule so far, caution is warranted IMO. [...]
If the "caution" you suggest is operationally equivalent to
discouraging even miniscule improvements, is it any wonder that
progress is glacial?
The gdbstub prototype was constructed for two reasons: to demonstrate
utrace usage now, and in the future to be incrementally useful (over
ptrace, by moving into fast kernel-space operations like
multithreading control, gdb-tracepoint support, other stuff). #1 is
about done. With respect to #2, we can certainly commit to ongoing
work on improvements, provided the community shows interest and
goodwill.
- FChE
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-10 15:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-30 12:03 [RFC] [PATCH] In-kernel gdbstub based on utrace Infrastructure Srikar Dronamraju
2009-11-30 12:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-30 12:32 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2009-11-30 12:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-30 13:19 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2009-11-30 13:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-30 14:05 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2009-11-30 15:03 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2009-11-30 15:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-11-30 15:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-11-30 15:29 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2009-12-01 16:11 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-01 17:00 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2009-12-01 17:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-01 17:45 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2009-12-01 21:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-08 21:58 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2009-12-10 7:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-10 15:08 ` Frank Ch. Eigler [this message]
2009-12-10 18:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-11 1:27 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
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