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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 16:19:26 -0400
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv8 2.6.35-rc4-tip 11/12]  perf: perf interface for uprobes
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> Here is a terminal snapshot of placing, using and removing a probe on a
> process with pid 3591 (corresponding to zsh)

Btw, I think this interface is not the most the best one for typical
uses cases.  To make perf probe support more useful we'll need at least
a way to create a probe in all intances of a given binary/DSO, and
a way to run a binary with pre-defined breakpoints.

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