On Tue 2009-09-15 07:57:56, Roland Dreier wrote: > > > I don't remember seeing discussion of this on lkml. Yes it is in > > -next... > > eg http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/31/197 and followups, or search for v2 > and earlier patches.
Well... it seems little overspecialized. Just modifying libc to provide hooks you want looks like better solution. > > Basically it allows app to 'trace itself'? ...with interesting mmap() > > interface, exporting int to userspace, hoping it behaves atomically...? > > Yes, it allows app to trace what the kernel does to memory mappings. I > don't believe there's any real issue to atomicity of mmap'ed memory, > since userspace really just tests whether read value is == to old read > value or not. That still needs memory barriers etc.. to ensure reliable operation, no? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html