Re: [PATCH] itrace spin lock fix

[Maynard Johnson <maynardj at us dot ibm dot com>]

David Smith wrote:
> Dave Nomura wrote:
> > Sorry, I forgot about that.  The probe used to fire  because Frank had
> > to disable the test because it was crashing.  I'm not sure what has
> > changed that is preventing the itrace probe from firing.  I experimented
> > a bit and found that if I added a uprobe that didn't do anything related
> > to the itrace probe, then the itrace probe would fire.  This is going to
> > take further study.  Any ideas on what might have changed?
>
> I'm afraid you question is a bit too broad for me to answer.  As far as
> the task_finder goes, some internals have changed to support the new
> version of utrace, but the external interface hasn't changed.
FYI . . . Dave is no longer available to work on this task, so I'll be taking it 
over.  It will take me some time to come up to speed.  I just didn't want you 
all to think that this patch submission was being dropped or neglected.

Thanks.
-Maynard Johnson
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