From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6737 invoked by alias); 2 Jan 2013 17:44:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 6726 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Jan 2013 17:44:35 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-ob0-f181.google.com (HELO mail-ob0-f181.google.com) (209.85.214.181) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:44:29 +0000 Received: by mail-ob0-f181.google.com with SMTP id oi10so12963401obb.26 for ; Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:44:28 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=X2h/5atOuO9WZrNhf8RNNdwjvFjTG6PMc6pfAJBAY5c=; b=mBeUJ50kktEfc9+lkuIB+uR3mRMsICklw8BqJsYVXAD9tEzy3ZXUtd24rzHD6fp6sC 7UvbWCBHnJKzqXsLacyDko0sFVuPQGIL/FKH1eQiV2xVJn9J0sgWQWd32s4Myq0heWzf vQ9iesikharsuSJXOccXgiaNQj5fLfHA0rbumpHoTS8/dpM9yegMZjZsVxvsrZHwJTJ+ 0vMWQfNZCogk2dfBH0d1MjLAzPor+KZMJ6cbhlkbAa+zT+rMj6C1sXUSSLdYpmU9HtlX /MF/eOu/EePuR1AJR46DiZtoItpYybq7vdHbB6SpS9vqOn4lnJASdkkgz9CTA7hjMvHS 9S0A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.169.205 with SMTP id ag13mr26491089oec.40.1357148668398; Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:44:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.87.101 with HTTP; Wed, 2 Jan 2013 09:44:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87k3rv5wab.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> References: <464A745A-AA80-4485-820E-64C4D01A270C@nus.edu.sg> <87k3scn69b.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <87k3rv5wab.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:44:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Tracepoints (and python) From: Doug Evans To: Tom Tromey Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Marc_Br=FCnink?= , gdb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkRGb9rptcgXapMm5Xel+BqUoGm0qQc5H1pODEedxp5g6jFdXYgdtxACEskDz4S660Umg4cvrBUaFw/JHKKfZFTYynFhYmJUulVDwTwluBqshooiOXKScrzS1SqEUgPAzCG3hICXWc6jJMFKi6P6Vfk8dvOVeOXVe4kKYeU5NkN/LO3W+/GbCyFuiBMC7macSwYr5+1 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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: 2013-01/txt/msg00003.txt.bz2 On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Tom Tromey wrote: > 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. > > Tom> I think the only reason is that nobody has done it. > > Doug> This is part of gdb/gdbserver feature parity desires right? > > It is on the list on the wiki, but I think just to mention it as a > difference. We (meaning Red Hat) plan to tackle most of the items on > that list, but I don't think this is one we are going to do. [Sorry for the resend, previous one got sent as text/html.] Thanks. For clarity's sake for Marc, what's needed isn't so much an implementation as a (pretty significant) refactor.