[PATCH 00/16] branch tracing support (resend)

Tom Tromey tromey@redhat.com
Fri Jun 22 20:31:00 GMT 2012


>>>>> "Markus" == markus t metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> writes:

Markus> IA hardware offers a feature called Branch Trace Store (BTS)
Markus> that stores a log of branches into an OS provided ring buffer.

Thanks for doing this.  I think this is a feature we've wanted for quite
a while.

Markus>   - "btrace enable/disable" perform the obvious operation

I think it may be more "gdb-ish" to make this a set/show option, by
analogy with "set stop-on-solib-events" and the like.

This would give users a way to see whether it is currently enabled, as
well.

Tom



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