On Sun 2010-01-17 16:01:46, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 16:56 +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > > On 01/17/2010 04:52 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > Also, if its fixed size you're imposing artificial limits on the number > > > of possible probes. > > > > > > > Obviously we'll need a limit, a uprobe will also take kernel memory, we > > can't allow people to exhaust it. > > Only if its unprivilidged, kernel and root should be able to place as > many probes until the machine keels over.
Well, it is address space that limits you in both cases... -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
