linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] In-kernel gdbstub based on utrace Infrastructure.

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:29:10 -0500
From:	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	utrace-devel <utrace-devel@...hat.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] In-kernel gdbstub based on utrace Infrastructure.

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 04:16:50PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> [...]
> kgdb exists here and today in the kernel and you cannot just build a 
> facility that doesnt replace it and doesnt integrate well with it.

Surely you don't mean that: every non-kgdb facility in the kernel
meets that definition, even all debugging-related facilities such as
perf and ftrace.


> So if a unified user/kernel model for debugging is a 'long term'
> feature in your view then perhaps this framework (which introduces
> _extensive_ hooks all around the kernel) is not designed/approached
> in the right way and should not be merged in this form.

Which "this framework" are you talking about?  Please clarify what
exactly you're trying to say.


- FChE
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