linux-kernel - Re: kvm aio wishlist

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Message-ID: <20081125165715.GJ22504@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:57:15 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>, suparna@...ibm.com,
	linux-aio@...ck.org, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: kvm aio wishlist


* Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com> wrote:

> Zach Brown wrote:
>> And there's still the question of what ptrace is supposed to do.
>
> If it's kernel-only (which I think is a good start for something 
> like this), then is ptrace relevant at all?

it's relevant wrt. details: to make sure that it's all transparent and 
the ptrace engine is not confused by thread switching tricks.

	Ingo
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