linux-kernel - Re: notify_page_fault

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Message-Id: <44D76F60.76E4.0078.0@novell.com>
Date:	Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:50:40 +0100
From:	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	<anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: notify_page_fault_chain

>> I consider it already questionable to split out a specific  
>> fault from the general die notification (previous users of the functionality all of the sudden won't get
notifications
>> for one of the most crucial faults anymore), but entirely hiding the functionality (unavailable without
CONFIG_KPROBES,
>> and even with it not getting exported) is really odd.
>
>You want to use it for your debugger? 

Yes, in its "light" form (i.e. without exception handling framework changes) it has to rely on this infrastructure.

Jan
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