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Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:45:10 +0200 From: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> CC: Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>, "Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, Sheng Yang <sheng@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, oerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com>, Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>, Zachary Amsden <zamsden@...hat.com>, ziteng.huang@...el.com, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>, Fr?d?ric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>, Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com> Subject: Re: [RFC] Unify KVM kernel-space and user-space code into a single project On 03/22/2010 09:22 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > >> Transitive had a product that was using a KVM context to run their >> binary translator which allowed them full access to the host >> processes virtual address space range. In this case, there is no >> kernel and there are no devices. >> > And your point is that such vcpus should be excluded from profiling just > because they fall outside the Qemu/libvirt umbrella? > > That is a ridiculous position. > > Non-guest vcpus will not be able to provide Linux-style symbols. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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