Re: [patch 1/2] x86, ptrace: support for branch trace store(BTS)

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Dec 05 2007 - 10:32:51 EST



* Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Changes to the last version:
> - split implementation into two layers: ds/bts and ptrace
> - renamed TIF's
> - save/restore ds save area msr in __switch_to_xtra()
> - make block-stepping only look at BTF bit

hm, i tried to merge your patches, but they were word-wrapped, for
example here:

> + After the first warp-around, this is the start of the circular bts
> buffer. */

(there's Documentation/email-clients.txt with more info about how to
avoid this.)

Ingo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/