Re: lock debugging

"Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:20:24 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.smp
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Pavel Cahyna <[email protected]> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 07:53:51AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>> 
>> Andrew Doran <[email protected]> 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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