Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests: New x86 breakpoints selftest

[K.Prasad]

On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 04:41:15PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Bring a first selftest in the relevant directory. This tests
> several combinations of breakpoints and watchpoints in x86, as
> well as icebp traps and int3 traps. Given the amount of breakpoint
> regressions we raised after we merged the generic breakpoint
> infrastructure, such selftest became necessary and can still serve
> today as a basis for new patches that touch the do_debug() path.
> 


Hi Frederic,
	Can we also including testing of watchpoints over kernel variables?
We could do this using the perf syscall or (in a convoluted way) use a
kernel module that works in tandem with this user-space testcase.

Thanks,
K.Prasad

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