Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758188AbYC0J6e (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:58:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752485AbYC0J60 (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:58:26 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:40423 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751360AbYC0J6Z (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:58:25 -0400 Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:58:03 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: "Metzger, Markus T" Cc: ak@suse.de, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, markus.t.metzger@gmail.com, "Siddha, Suresh B" , roland@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mtk.manpages@gmail.com, eranian@googlemail.com, "Villacis, Juan" Subject: Re: [patch] x86, ptrace: support pebs in ds.c and disable ptraceand ds support Message-ID: <20080327095803.GB15003@elte.hu> References: <20080312125318.A15510@sedona.ch.intel.com> <20080321125338.GB27245@elte.hu> <029E5BE7F699594398CA44E3DDF55444019B5025@swsmsx413.ger.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <029E5BE7F699594398CA44E3DDF55444019B5025@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: 956 Lines: 22 * Metzger, Markus T wrote: > > we could apply this if Roland Acks it - but i guess a precondition > > for that is to not include more ptrace extensions and to also start > > working on utrace support for it. Ptrace is something we want to > > reduce usage of, not extend. > > The patch is not adding new features. It is merely re-establishing the > state before the patch mysteriously disappeared from x86#testing. well, Roland is the de-facto ptrace maintainer and he has NAK-ed the current approach of extending ptrace, so i removed the patch. Is there anything particularly wrong about doing this based on utrace? The API will hit upstream in 2.6.26 or 2.6.27. 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/