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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Use sized types in tracepoint.

From: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
To: Yao Qi <yao at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:42:08 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Use sized types in tracepoint.
References: <1334284825-6003-1-git-send-email-yao@codesourcery.com> <1334284825-6003-3-git-send-email-yao@codesourcery.com>

On 04/13/2012 03:40 AM, Yao Qi wrote:

> When discussing on the patches on IPA protocol, I start to examine the size
> of each field of tracepoint when copying them to `command buffer'.  In the
> protocol, each field has its own size, independent of other factors, such
> as machine type (32bit vs 64bit), etc.  I started to think about using 'sized'
> types in these fields, because it is safe to copy data from one process to
> the other one.  This is what this patch does.  Regression tested on
> x86_64-linux.  OK?


Okay.

-- 
Pedro Alves

References:
- [PATCH 0/2] Use sized types.
  - From: Yao Qi
- [PATCH 2/2] Use sized types in tracepoint.
  - From: Yao Qi

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