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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 0/20]  0: Inode based uprobes
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On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 16:30 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> How do you envisage these features actually get used?  For example,
> will gdb be modified?  Will other debuggers be modified or written?
> 
> IOW, I'm trying to get an understanding of how you expect this feature
> will actually become useful to end users - the kernel patch is only
> part of the story.

I'm hoping it solves this question:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/3/10/347

-- Steve


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