On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 04:16:50PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > [...] > kgdb exists here and today in the kernel and you cannot just build a > facility that doesnt replace it and doesnt integrate well with it.
Surely you don't mean that: every non-kgdb facility in the kernel meets that definition, even all debugging-related facilities such as perf and ftrace. > So if a unified user/kernel model for debugging is a 'long term' > feature in your view then perhaps this framework (which introduces > _extensive_ hooks all around the kernel) is not designed/approached > in the right way and should not be merged in this form. Which "this framework" are you talking about? Please clarify what exactly you're trying to say. - FChE