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Re: lock debugging

by Perry E. Metzger :: Rate this Message:

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Pavel Cahyna <pavel@...> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 07:53:51AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>>
>> Andrew Doran <ad@...> writes:
>> > The branch adds one more piece of the puzzle (locking around
>> > process state).  That it works comparatively well is a product of
>> > all of the locks that have been trickling into the system for the
>> > last .. well, since 4.4BSD I think.
>>
>> BTW, I wonder whether we can modify an x86 emulator into a lock
>> debugger.
>
> Yes: http://www.valgrind.org/info/tools.html#helgrind

Can that be used for running a kernel?

Perry
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