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Re: dtrace/systemtap options
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Andrei Barbu |
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Re: dtrace/systemtap options |
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Mon, 26 May 2008 17:57:04 -0400 |
On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Samuel Thibault
<samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> olafBuddenhagen@gmx.net, le Mon 26 May 2008 21:25:33 +0200, a écrit :
>> Maybe you actually mean that RW increases the risk of crashing?...
>> (Well, what fun would there be in system development, without the
>> prospect of regular crashes? ;-) )
Yup, I don't mean against malicious attacks but against bugs. You're
right though, after the ddb symbol improvements, we may as well use
them to debug something :)
> BTW, I'm not sure to understand: what does RW means? Being able to
> tinker with kernel parameters?
>
Yup, you could potentially do so in both dtrace and systemtap;
although neither wants you do this.
Andrei