linux-kernel - RE: x86, ptrace: support for branch trace store(BTS)

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Message-ID: <029E5BE7F699594398CA44E3DDF5544401187085@swsmsx413.ger.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:06:15 -0000
From:	"Metzger, Markus T" <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>
To:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	<ak@...e.de>, <hpa@...or.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<tglx@...utronix.de>, <markus.t.metzger@...il.com>,
	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	<roland@...hat.com>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<mtk.manpages@...il.com>, "Alan Stern" <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Subject: RE: x86, ptrace: support for branch trace store(BTS)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ingo Molnar [mailto:mingo@...e.hu] 
>Sent: Donnerstag, 13. Dezember 2007 14:08

>> Are you OK with this?
>
>this sounds a lot more flexible to me. Please, once it looks 
>good to all 

I will implement the ptrace ABI and the man pages and send them out for
review (I'll return -EOPNOTSUPP a few times) tomorrow.
I'll add support for the overflow signal in a later patch, once I
figured out how to do it.


>of us also extend LTP's ptrace bits with unit tests for these API 
>additions. (Cc: such LTP bits to subrata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com)

I need to look into this. This will take some time, as well.

regards,
markus.
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