Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935543AbYBVJyh (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:54:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S935300AbYBVJyL (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:54:11 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:35577 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762672AbYBVJyJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:54:09 -0500 Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:53:22 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: "Metzger, Markus T" Cc: Roland McGrath , ak@suse.de, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, markus.t.metzger@gmail.com, "Siddha, Suresh B" , akpm@linux-foundation.org, mtk.manpages@gmail.com, eranian@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] x86, ptrace: support pebs in ds.c Message-ID: <20080222095322.GD6269@elte.hu> References: <20080213112349.A3283@sedona.ch.intel.com> <20080221210026.7B1C62701D5@magilla.localdomain> <029E5BE7F699594398CA44E3DDF554440169D67E@swsmsx413.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <029E5BE7F699594398CA44E3DDF554440169D67E@swsmsx413.ger.corp.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 581 Lines: 18 * Metzger, Markus T wrote: > The ptrace API is the user interface for the debugging/BTS aspect of > it. As such, it will remain stable. your last patch does this to arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c: 266 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-) doesnt that change the ptrace bits and the ptrace API semantics? Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/