From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6563 invoked by alias); 21 Dec 2012 10:38:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 6554 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Dec 2012 10:38:04 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:37:52 +0000 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qBLAbneL004453 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:37:50 -0500 Received: from host2.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-39.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.39]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id qBLAbjwG019063 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:37:47 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:38:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: "Metzger, Markus T" Cc: Mark Kettenis , "palves@redhat.com" , "tromey@redhat.com" , "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" , "markus.t.metzger@gmail.com" Subject: Re: [patch v6 12/12] btrace, x86: disable on some processors Message-ID: <20121221103744.GA23507@host2.jankratochvil.net> References: <1355760101-26237-1-git-send-email-markus.t.metzger@intel.com> <1355760101-26237-13-git-send-email-markus.t.metzger@intel.com> <201212171711.qBHHBADJ018585@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-12/txt/msg00765.txt.bz2 On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:11:41 +0100, Metzger, Markus T wrote: > In order to check whether the kernel supports BTS, I would need to enable > tracing. Let's see if I can use the gdb or gdbserver process for this, since > I don't necessarily have an inferior. There is already gdb/common/linux-ptrace.c linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx for one such test. Thanks, Jan