From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7049 invoked by alias); 20 Dec 2012 14:33:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 7017 invoked by uid 22791); 20 Dec 2012 14:33:02 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.4 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; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:32:54 +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 qBKEWofv012809 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:32:51 -0500 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 qBKEWm9p022366 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:32:49 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Marc =?utf-8?Q?Br=C3=BCnink?= Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Tracepoints (and python) References: <464A745A-AA80-4485-820E-64C4D01A270C@nus.edu.sg> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:33:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <464A745A-AA80-4485-820E-64C4D01A270C@nus.edu.sg> ("Marc \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Br\=C3\=BCnink\=22's\?\= message of "Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:35:56 +0800") Message-ID: <87k3scn69b.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2.90 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-12/txt/msg00065.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Marc" =3D=3D Marc Br=C3=BCnink writes: Marc> 1. Is there any technical reason why tracing is only possible on Marc> remote targets? Or is is "just" not implemented for anything else. I think the only reason is that nobody has done it. Marc> 2. Anyone working on making tracepoints available to the python Marc> interface? Any pitfalls to expect? Nobody has worked on this. I wouldn't predict any particularly tricky problems, at least not for representing the tracepoints themselves. I'm less sure about representing the trace state. Tom