From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Stan Shebs <stanshebs@earthlink.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Kernel module for global breakpoints
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:13:33 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m239d76b0y.fsf@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ED41CF7.8080002@earthlink.net> (Stan Shebs's message of "Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:44:55 -0800")
Stan Shebs <stanshebs@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> Any and all comments appreciated! (even "this is a stupid idea"
> reactions :-) )
Isn't this doing what uprobes does? Perhaps you just need a new user
interface to uprobes.
I took a quick look at the source, but the example module seems to not
use any locking and is clearly full of nasty race conditions.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-29 0:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-28 23:44 [RFC PATCH] Kernel module for global breakpoints Stan Shebs
2011-11-29 0:13 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2011-11-29 6:42 ` Srikar Dronamraju
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