linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH 4/7] Uprobes Implementation

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:06:43 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>
Cc:	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mark Wielaard <mjw@...hat.com>,
	utrace-devel <utrace-devel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 4/7] Uprobes Implementation

On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 09:00 -0500, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:

> Well, I'm not in a position to argue line by line about the necessity
> or the cost of utrace low level guts, but this may represent the most
> practical engineering balance between functionality / modularity /
> undesirably intrusive modifications. 

How intrusive and non-modular is installing a DIE_INT3 notifier?

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