Hi, Here is the summary of GDB testsuite runs on a vanilla kernel and one with ptrace over utrace on a powerpc machine:
Vanilla ptrace: === gdb Summary === # of expected passes 13970 # of unexpected failures 52 # of unexpected successes 2 # of expected failures 40 # of untested testcases 8 # of unresolved testcases 125 # of unsupported tests 55 runtest completed at Wed Nov 25 14:02:52 2009 Ptrace over utrace: === gdb Summary === # of expected passes 13970 # of unexpected failures 52 # of unexpected successes 2 # of expected failures 40 # of untested testcases 8 # of unresolved testcases 125 # of unsupported tests 55 runtest completed at Wed Nov 25 14:21:52 2009 Essentially, there is *no* change in any of the numbers with and without ptrace over utrace. Regards, Ananth