linux-kernel - Re: [patch] x86, ptrace: in-kernel BTS interface

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Date:	Sat, 3 May 2008 10:45:56 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>,
	andi-suse@...stfloor.org, hpa@...or.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	markus.t.metzger@...il.com, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mtk.manpages@...il.com,
	eranian@...glemail.com, juan.villacis@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch] x86, ptrace: in-kernel BTS interface

> Now, on more substantive concerns.  This is heading in the right general
> direction, to having a well-specified internal interface to build from.

That's actually an unusual requirement for Linux, a Roland Special. Normally 
we don't do complicated internal interfaces that are not used by anything yet.

-Andi
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