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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

      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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