Re: [RFC PATCH] Kernel module for global breakpoints

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Nov 28 2011 - 19:13:35 EST


Stan Shebs <stanshebs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Any and all comments appreciated! (even "this is a stupid idea"
> reactions :-) )

Isn't this doing what uprobes does? Perhaps you just need a new user
interface to uprobes.

I took a quick look at the source, but the example module seems to not
use any locking and is clearly full of nasty race conditions.

-Andi

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