Re: FYI <jkratoch/gdbserver> gdbserver-for-core branch

[Frank Ch. Eigler <fche at redhat dot com>]

Hi -

jkratoch wrote:

> [...]  There would be needed changes in GDB and the protocol to
> asynchronously queue multiple read requests, never fragment larger
> read requests etc.

There has existed some support for pipelining packets, by putting
sequence numbers on the requests/responses, but I believe that has
been deprecated at some point.  It would have to be brought back.
(Plus, don't underestimate setsockopt TCP_NODELAY.)


> As the ABRT mail did not get any response and the whole scheme of
> sending core files to foreign hosts may not get deployed due to
> security issues at all

(FWIW, an untrusted remote host poking at a local core file via the
gdb-remote protocol does not sound more secure than sending a local
core file to that same host.)

- FChE