From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760902AbYECIje (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2008 04:39:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756088AbYECIjX (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2008 04:39:23 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:35971 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756084AbYECIjW (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2008 04:39:22 -0400 Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 10:45:56 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Roland McGrath Cc: Markus Metzger , andi-suse@firstfloor.org, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, markus.t.metzger@gmail.com, suresh.b.siddha@intel.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mtk.manpages@gmail.com, eranian@googlemail.com, juan.villacis@intel.com Subject: Re: [patch] x86, ptrace: in-kernel BTS interface Message-ID: <20080503084556.GA25419@one.firstfloor.org> References: <20080430135440.A359@sedona.ch.intel.com> <20080503014342.3882226FA07@magilla.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080503014342.3882226FA07@magilla.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Now, on more substantive concerns. This is heading in the right general > direction, to having a well-specified internal interface to build from. That's actually an unusual requirement for Linux, a Roland Special. Normally we don't do complicated internal interfaces that are not used by anything yet. -Andi