From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25209 invoked by alias); 16 Sep 2005 16:22:44 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 24905 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Sep 2005 16:22:01 -0000 Received: from romy.inter.net.il (HELO romy.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.66) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:22:01 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-153-156.inter.net.il [80.230.153.156]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.5.8-GR) with ESMTP id CKH26184 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:21:48 +0300 (IDT) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:22:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Stan Shebs CC: gdb@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <432ACFFB.9040204@apple.com> (message from Stan Shebs on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:00:27 -0700) Subject: Re: Using reverse execution Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <432628AA.2040808@apple.com> <43277083.1040708@apple.com> <4328A574.5080906@apple.com> <43290862.9040204@apple.com> <4329D5A3.8030202@apple.com> <432ACFFB.9040204@apple.com> X-SW-Source: 2005-09/txt/msg00116.txt.bz2 > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:00:27 -0700 > From: Stan Shebs > Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com > > it's clear that a full-blown handles-every-situation implementation > will require a huge amount of kernel hacking in addition to the GDB > part. I don't want to get into a situation like that of tracepoints, > where the feature ultimately falls by the wayside because it's too > narrow in applicability and implementation. What features can be implemented without hacking the kernel?