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Re: [patch v6 12/12] btrace, x86: disable on some processors

From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
To: "Metzger, Markus T" <markus dot t dot metzger at intel dot com>
Cc: Mark Kettenis <mark dot kettenis at xs4all dot nl>, "palves at redhat dot com" <palves at redhat dot com>, "tromey at redhat dot com" <tromey at redhat dot com>, "gdb-patches at sourceware dot org" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>, "markus dot t dot metzger at gmail dot com" <markus dot t dot metzger at gmail dot com>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:37:44 +0100
Subject: Re: [patch v6 12/12] btrace, x86: disable on some processors
References: <1355760101-26237-1-git-send-email-markus.t.metzger@intel.com> <1355760101-26237-13-git-send-email-markus.t.metzger@intel.com> <201212171711.qBHHBADJ018585@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <A78C989F6D9628469189715575E55B2307B42ED8@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com>

On Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:11:41 +0100, Metzger, Markus T wrote:
> In order to check whether the kernel supports BTS, I would need to enable
> tracing. Let's see if I can use the gdb or gdbserver process for this, since
> I don't necessarily have an inferior.

There is already gdb/common/linux-ptrace.c linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx for one
such test.


Thanks,
Jan

References:
- [patch v6 00/12] branch tracing support for Atom
  - From: markus . t . metzger
- [patch v6 12/12] btrace, x86: disable on some processors
  - From: markus . t . metzger
- Re: [patch v6 12/12] btrace, x86: disable on some processors
  - From: Mark Kettenis
- RE: [patch v6 12/12] btrace, x86: disable on some processors
  - From: Metzger, Markus T

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