Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752655Ab2HGQMw (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2012 12:12:52 -0400 Received: from www.linutronix.de ([62.245.132.108]:53105 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751370Ab2HGQMu (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2012 12:12:50 -0400 From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: x86@kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Roland McGrath , Oleg Nesterov , Srikar Dronamraju , Ananth N Mavinakaynahalli , stan_shebs@mentor.com Subject: uprobe: single step over uprobe & global breakpoints Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 18:12:27 +0200 Message-Id: <1344355952-2382-1-git-send-email-bigeasy@linutronix.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.10.4 X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 851 Lines: 24 We have three pieces here: [PATCH 1/5] uprobes: Use a helper instead of ptrace's single step [PATCH 2/5] x86/uprobes: implement x86 specific arch_uprobe_*_step following Oleg's suggestion to allow single stepping over an uprobe. [PATCH 3/5] uprobes: remove check for uprobe variable in [PATCH 4/5] uprobes: probe definiton can only start with 'p' and '-' category cleanup. [RFC 5/5] uprobes: add global breakpoints global breakpoints. There is no gdb interface available in terms of "how do I know that that a program hit a global breakpoint" and not doing ps or "cat trace" all the time. Sebastian -- 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/