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Re: [RFC] Check original contents at tracepoints


>>>>> "Stan" == Stan Shebs <stan@codesourcery.com> writes:

Stan> So the idea of this patch is to record, at definition time, the
Stan> bytes that the tracepoint expects to overwrite when it is
Stan> downloaded for the trace run.  The agent then compares with what
Stan> is currently at that address, and refuses to start the run if
Stan> there is any discrepancy.

This seems like a reasonable sanity check to me.

Stan> Assuming the whole idea has merit, one of the open issues has been to
Stan> decide how many bytes to record.

I don't have much to add on this front, sorry.

Tom


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