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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:57:35 -0400 Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> There is a clear split in my mind between:
>  - inspection debugging
>  - invasive mutating debugging
>  - configuration

Yes there's a clear split, and how are you going to enforce it on 
an opaque interface? Put an "evil" bit in the common header?

> And maybe "invasive mutating debugging" taints the kernel or something
> like that.