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Re: user kprobes vs debuggers


On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 22:37 -0800, Vara Prasad wrote:

> I think this mechanism should handle applications that have breakpoints 
> builtin as well because i am thinking they are going to use ptrace 
> interface as well to register the breakpoint, is that correct.

No, such applications (at least, mine) are going to insert int3 by hand
in the code (yes, I know, this is evil but it is possible).

If you are interested, it is some sort of profiler/tracer available from
there: http://www-sop.inria.fr/dream/personnel/Mathieu.Lacage/bozo-
profiler/

regards,
Mathieu
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