From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
Cc: ak@suse.de, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, markus.t.metzger@gmail.com,
suresh.b.siddha@intel.com, roland@redhat.com,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, mtk.manpages@gmail.com,
Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/5] x86, ptrace: new ptrace BTS API
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:25:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071215072538.GA12110@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071214180531.A20647@sedona.ch.intel.com>
* 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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-15 7:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-14 17:05 [patch 4/5] x86, ptrace: new ptrace BTS API Markus Metzger
2007-12-15 7:25 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
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