From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6423 invoked by alias); 13 Jun 2011 16:39:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 6402 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Jun 2011 16:39:50 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,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; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:39:30 +0000 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5DGdS4p014872 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:39:28 -0400 Received: from fche.csb (vpn-10-103.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.10.103]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5DGdRAs017044; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:39:28 -0400 Received: by fche.csb (Postfix, from userid 2569) id 16CC158137; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:39:27 -0400 (EDT) To: Stan Shebs Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Global breakpoints, introduction References: <4DF6337F.1040203@earthlink.net> From: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:39:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4DF6337F.1040203@earthlink.net> (Stan Shebs's message of "Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:57:51 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: 2011-06/txt/msg00169.txt.bz2 Hi, Stan - stanshebs wrote: > This pair of patches plus Linux kernel module adds global breakpoints > to GDB. [...] Interesting approach. Have you been planning to post it to LKML for review/consideration? You may want to rebase your code to the LKML uprobes implementation already under review, so you don't have to duplicate the rather intricate logic required to safely manage breakpoints in userspace by the kernel. - FChE