[RFC] Systemtap translator support for hardware breakpoints on

[Roland McGrath]

> So, is the .unavailable probe's role just to warn the user that his
> request has failed? Or do you see more uses for the same (that isn't
> obvious to me)?

The example I had meant to suggest was writing a tapset or script that
would like to use a watchpoint to implement some particular higher-level
tracing, but is prepared to fall back to a different technique if it is not
possible to install a watchpoint.


Thanks,
Roland