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Re: [PATCH] access user space addresses/switch process context

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] access user space addresses/switch process context
From: Keith Owens <kaos@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 22:32:51 +1000
Cc: kdb <kdb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:31:33 +0530." <20030416173132.A25486@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:31:33 +0530, 
"Vamsi Krishna S ." <vamsi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Here is a patch to implement a command to switch the current
>user process context whilst inside KDB to look at the stack,
>disassemble code, display memory etc. of different processes.

It looks good for i386 but, before I put it into kdb, what about ia64
or ppc?  I do not like patches that only work for one architecture.  If
a command works on ia64 then it tends to work anywhere, ia64 is
_perverse_!


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