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Re: [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 0/20] 0: Inode based uprobes
- From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis dot org>
- To: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation dot org>
- Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead dot org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte dot hu>, Linux-mm <linux-mm at kvack dot org>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme at infradead dot org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation dot org>, Masami Hiramatsu <masami dot hiramatsu dot pt at hitachi dot com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth at in dot ibm dot com>, Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat dot com>, Jim Keniston <jkenisto at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>, Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>, SystemTap <systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com>, LKML <linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:52:47 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 0/20] 0: Inode based uprobes
- References: <20110314133403.27435.7901.sendpatchset@localhost6.localdomain6> <20110314163028.a05cec49.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 16:30 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> How do you envisage these features actually get used? For example,
> will gdb be modified? Will other debuggers be modified or written?
>
> IOW, I'm trying to get an understanding of how you expect this feature
> will actually become useful to end users - the kernel patch is only
> part of the story.
I'm hoping it solves this question:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/3/10/347
-- Steve