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Re: [Bug translator/1276] support more timer varieties

From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>
To: "Stone, Joshua I" <joshua dot i dot stone at intel dot com>
Cc: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:06:53 -0500
Subject: Re: [Bug translator/1276] support more timer varieties
References: <CBDB88BFD06F7F408399DBCF8776B3DC05C7D3B0@scsmsx403.amr.corp.intel.com>

Hi -

> > [...] write a few stress tests (probes in uncomfortable spots for
> > "current" usage).
>
> [...]  Have any suggested probe points that are particularly
> uncomfortable?

Places that come to mind are those routines that change the "current"
pointers, and routines (if any) involved in computing the "current"
macro, to test for reentrancy problems.

- FChE

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