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Re: [PATCH 00/16] branch tracing support (resend)
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: markus dot t dot metzger at intel dot com
- Cc: kettenis at gnu dot org, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, markus dot t dot metzger at gmail dot com
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:30:55 -0600
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] branch tracing support (resend)
- References: <1337772151-20265-1-git-send-email-markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
>>>>> "Markus" == markus t metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> writes:
Markus> IA hardware offers a feature called Branch Trace Store (BTS)
Markus> that stores a log of branches into an OS provided ring buffer.
Thanks for doing this. I think this is a feature we've wanted for quite
a while.
Markus> - "btrace enable/disable" perform the obvious operation
I think it may be more "gdb-ish" to make this a set/show option, by
analogy with "set stop-on-solib-events" and the like.
This would give users a way to see whether it is currently enabled, as
well.
Tom