linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] hwbkpt: Hardware breakpoints (was Kwatch)

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Message-Id: <20070305220458.F0EC81800E5@magilla.sf.frob.com>
Date:	Mon,  5 Mar 2007 14:04:58 -0800 (PST)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@...ibm.com>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] hwbkpt: Hardware breakpoints (was Kwatch)

> > Please not.  That might save a few bytes, but it makes the interface a
> > lot harder to understand for users.  We really discourage over-loaded
> > interfaces in Linux.
> 
> I agree with Christoph.  Plenty of other interfaces in the kernel do the 
> same thing.

I don't think a single hook for both "on" and "off" notification is harder
to understand at all, it's natural.  But this is a very tiny point.

> I'll be happy to rename the structures and the files if Roland doesn't 
> mind.

I didn't much like "debugpoint" but I'm not wedded to vowellessness.
hw_breakpoint is fine by me.


Thanks,
Roland
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