[RFC][ PATCH -tip v2 0/7] kprobes: Kprobes jump optimization support
Masami Hiramatsu
mhiramat@redhat.com
Tue Jun 23 22:05:00 GMT 2009
Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>> Plus i'd suggest a runtime control (a sysctl) as well - if it's not
>> too intrusive. Since this is an optional speedup feature, distros
>> can have this enabled and if there's some problem with it then it
>> can still be disabled in sysctl.conf, without having to rebuild the
>> kernel.
>
> The runtime control is a good idea. Btw, current kprobes already has
> a runtime disable interface under sysfs. Is there any reason that we'd
> better to use sysctl instead of sysfs?
Oops, s/sysfs/debugfs/g.
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Masami Hiramatsu
Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division
e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com
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