Re: ongoing frysk.proc.ptrace refactoring

[Chris Moller <cmoller@redhat.com>]

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Andrew,

I'd planned to add MemorySpaceByteBuffer.java and commit a few changes
to TestByteBuffer.java in frysk-core/frysk/proc/ptrace later today--is
that going to mung up the stuff you're doing?

Chris

Andrew Cagney wrote:
> Just a work-in-progress update:
>
> While I've finished restructuring the target specific frysk.proc code
> into separate frysk.proc.corefile, frysk.proc.dummy and
> frysk.proc.ptrace packages there's still a ways to go as the
> refactoring has helped clarify several additional problems with the
> current code:
>
> -> frysk.proc.Proc and frysk.proc.Task seem to have gained a number of
> fields, such as Task.sig_send, that are very Linux/ptrace centric;
> the'll need to be cleaned up
>
> -> many of the methods, such as frysk.proc.Task.sendContinue, being
> ptrace specific (they do not apply to a corefile proc), can be moved
> to more specific packages
>
> -> rather than split along the lines of "corefile" and "ptrace", a
> better split might be "dead" (you can query a dead proc) and "live"
> (or stateful) (you can observe a live proc), re-consider that once the
> more pressing issues are addressed
>
> I'll be continuing with this.
>
> Andrew
>


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