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From: "K.Prasad" <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests: New x86 breakpoints selftest
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:36:11 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111212060611.GA18998@in.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1322840475-19553-2-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>

On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 04:41:15PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Bring a first selftest in the relevant directory. This tests
> several combinations of breakpoints and watchpoints in x86, as
> well as icebp traps and int3 traps. Given the amount of breakpoint
> regressions we raised after we merged the generic breakpoint
> infrastructure, such selftest became necessary and can still serve
> today as a basis for new patches that touch the do_debug() path.
> 


Hi Frederic,
	Can we also including testing of watchpoints over kernel variables?
We could do this using the perf syscall or (in a convoluted way) use a
kernel module that works in tandem with this user-space testcase.

Thanks,
K.Prasad


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-12-12  6:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-02 15:41 [PATCH 1/2] selftests: New very basic kernel selftests directory Frederic Weisbecker
2011-12-02 15:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] selftests: New x86 breakpoints selftest Frederic Weisbecker
2011-12-07 23:32   ` Andrew Morton
2011-12-08  0:11     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-12-12  6:06   ` K.Prasad [this message]
2012-01-13 18:54 ` [PATCH 1/2] selftests: New very basic kernel selftests directory Fubo Chen
2012-01-17  1:49   ` Frederic Weisbecker

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