From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16059 invoked by alias); 22 Jun 2012 20:31:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 16049 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Jun 2012 20:31:25 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,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, 22 Jun 2012 20:31:00 +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 q5MKUv1J013089 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:30:57 -0400 Received: from barimba (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q5MKUtSS012332 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:30:55 -0400 From: Tom Tromey To: markus.t.metzger@intel.com Cc: kettenis@gnu.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, markus.t.metzger@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] branch tracing support (resend) References: <1337772151-20265-1-git-send-email-markus.t.metzger@intel.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:31:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <1337772151-20265-1-git-send-email-markus.t.metzger@intel.com> (markus t. metzger's message of "Wed, 23 May 2012 13:22:15 +0200") Message-ID: <87lijff5s0.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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: 2012-06/txt/msg00735.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Markus" == markus t metzger writes: Markus> IA hardware offers a feature called Branch Trace Store (BTS) Markus> that stores a log of branches into an OS provided ring buffer. Thanks for doing this. I think this is a feature we've wanted for quite a while. Markus> - "btrace enable/disable" perform the obvious operation I think it may be more "gdb-ish" to make this a set/show option, by analogy with "set stop-on-solib-events" and the like. This would give users a way to see whether it is currently enabled, as well. Tom