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    x86, ptrace: overflow signal API · c6334593
    Markus Metzger authored
    Establish the user API for sending a user-defined signal to the traced task on a BTS buffer overflow.
    
    This should complete the user API for the BTS ptrace extension.
    The patches so far implement wrap-around overflow handling as is needed for debugging.
    
    The remaining open is another overflow handling mechanism that sends a signal to the traced task on a buffer overflow.
    This will take some more time from my side.
    
    Since, from a user perspective, this occurs behind the scenes, the patch set should already be useful. More features may/will be added on top of it (overflow signal, pageable back-up buffers, kernel tracing, core file support, profiling, ...).
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMarkus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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