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Re: [PATCH,resubmit] Add static probes to runtime linker
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote:
> Also, before I forget, Paul, last year when I was working on it you
> had some concerns about in-process debuggers and other "self-aware"
> binaries (you mentioned google-perftools).
http://sourceware.org/ml/archer/2011-q2/msg00000.html
http://sourceware.org/ml/archer/2011-q2/msg00004.html
> Are named probes a good solution for you here?
As I said before, if the stap probe compiles to a single-byte NOP,
then it's hostile to in-process debuggers. If {un,}map_complete
probes could be made sufficiently "wide" for an in-process debugger to
be able to place a JMP there, that would go a long way to help.
--
Paul Pluzhnikov