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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>,
	Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@ericsson.com>,
	Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@gmail.com>,
	Steven <mqyoung@gmail.com>,
	colyli@gmail.com, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	"gdb\@sourceware.org" <gdb@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel GDB tracepoint module 2011-02-05
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:00:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3y65qv7m8.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinMx8mJYiDps3TuuaA1B4NLHi-PuCKm2=sTqyR0@mail.gmail.com> (Hui Zhu's message of "Tue, 8 Feb 2011 21:23:52 +0800")

>>>>> ">" == Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com> writes:

>> My gcc is 4.4.5.  Does it have VTA?

Nope.  VTA went in for 4.5.

>> Use the patch is easier than update gcc sometimes, right?  :)

Yeah.

>> BTW does VTA can handle the issue that after -O2 a lot of code
>> execution order is worong?
>> It affect me when I debug the Linux Kernel in qemu.

My understanding is that VTA is solely about better tracking of values
through optimization passes.  It doesn't affect code reordering, by
design.

Tom

  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-08 16:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <AANLkTikhfhYjvmvXtjW-Mszpq8d_3Syo=H4zqWe+1hEg__12255.0142732964$1296923928$gmane$org@mail.gmail.com>
2011-02-07 16:25 ` [PATCH] Linux Kernel GDB tracepoint module 2011-02-05 Tom Tromey
2011-02-08 13:23   ` Hui Zhu
2011-02-08 16:00     ` Tom Tromey [this message]
2011-02-09 13:25       ` Hui Zhu
2011-02-11 16:29         ` Tom Tromey
2011-02-23  5:32           ` Hui Zhu
2011-02-08 16:27     ` Jan Kratochvil
2011-02-05 16:37 Hui Zhu

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