Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:58:09 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/7] utrace/ptrace |
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On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:11:16 +0100 Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hello. > > This is the new iteration of Roland's utrace patch, this time > with "rewrite-ptrace-via-utrace" + cleanups in utrace core. >
So... should we merge this?
I'll confess that I've rather forgotten why we might want this.
> It allows for multiple separate tracing engines to work > in parallel without interfering with each other. Higher-level tracing > facilities can be implemented as loadable kernel modules using this layer.
That's a bit brief. Do you have a nicer sales brochure? What are these "separate tracing engines" and what is their merge status and why would we want any of them, for what purpose? etc.
IOW: give us a reason!
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