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Re: [RFC][PATCH 22/22] Add Infinity notes implementing td_ta_map_lwp2thr
- From: Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat dot com>
- To: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:17:03 +0100
- Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 22/22] Add Infinity notes implementing td_ta_map_lwp2thr
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Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> On 22-10-2015 11:40, Gary Benson wrote:
> > Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> > > I would prefer something more decoupled of GLIBC, so if we need
> > > to get rid off its support if a new strategy/project shows a
> > > superior approach it would be easier.
> >
> > Decoupled how?
>
> Good question, I do not have the answer. My idea is to just to be
> bounded to carry any debugging mechanism forever over releases and
> have the freedom to rework and remove any of them if it is suitable.
Ah, I see.
I'm hoping I've built enough flexibility into the note format [1]
that any future problems we need to solve can be handled by
refinements rather than replacement. Ultimately that's something
only time can decide, but I'd appreciate any comments people have
on that spec.
Cheers,
Gary
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[1] https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/NoteFormat