Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 10 Dec 2013 15:52:51 +0100 | From | Frederic Weisbecker <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf/x86/amd: AMD support for bp_len > HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_8 |
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On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 02:57:43PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > > Ideally it would be nice if we drop bp_mask and use extended ranges > > only when len > 8. How does that sound? > > Again, iirc, this is what the code does. except (in essence) it checks > mask != 0 instead of len > 8. > > And yes, we can probably drop bp_mask (unless we are going to support > the contiguous ranges), just I think we can do this later.
Ah wait, I understand now, this is not a user ABI, just an internal state. So you're right after all.
It's never too late to be unconfused ;)
Ok let me dig into more details on the patchset.
Thanks.
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