notting wrote: > [...] > 2) "It will also make it easier to do things like system wide profiling, > userspace dynamic probes and causual debugging." > > However, the Scope: is only gdb and rpm. Wouldn't said tools also need > changes? Would this be done in libdwarf, or similar? > [...]
Profiling configurations of systemtap (and perf) would definitely use this extra local data if it were available. Ideally for stap's case, support for these sections would likely reside in elfutils and not require actual systemtap changes. - FChE -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
