From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
utrace-devel <utrace-devel@redhat.com>,
Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>,
Jim Keniston <jkenisto@us.ibm.com>,
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] In-kernel gdbstub based on utrace Infrastructure.
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:29:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091130152910.GB10331@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091130151650.GA24316@elte.hu>
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 04:16:50PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> [...]
> kgdb exists here and today in the kernel and you cannot just build a
> facility that doesnt replace it and doesnt integrate well with it.
Surely you don't mean that: every non-kgdb facility in the kernel
meets that definition, even all debugging-related facilities such as
perf and ftrace.
> So if a unified user/kernel model for debugging is a 'long term'
> feature in your view then perhaps this framework (which introduces
> _extensive_ hooks all around the kernel) is not designed/approached
> in the right way and should not be merged in this form.
Which "this framework" are you talking about? Please clarify what
exactly you're trying to say.
- FChE
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-30 15:29 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 [this message]
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
2009-12-10 18:16 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-12-11 1:27 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
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