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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 0/20] 0: Inode based uprobes
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Hi Thomas,

> That's a brilliant reason to drop it right away. systemtap is the
> least of our worries.

Feeling defensive about something?

> 
> > How do you envisage these features actually get used?  For example,
> > will gdb be modified?  Will other debuggers be modified or written?
> 
> How about answering this question first _BEFORE_ advertising
> systemtap?

I thought this was obvious.  systemtap is essentially a script driven 
debugger. 

-Andi

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