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Re: GSOC - Valgrind for Hurd
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Samuel Thibault |
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Re: GSOC - Valgrind for Hurd |
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Tue, 20 May 2014 23:50:28 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21+34 (58baf7c9f32f) (2010-12-30) |
Richard Braun, le Tue 20 May 2014 23:42:24 +0200, a écrit :
> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:50:07PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > I would advise starting with trivial system calls, such as
> > mach_thread_self, mach_task_self, and mach_host_self, which don't take
> > any parameter, and just returns a port. That'll make you implement the
> > basic infrastructure for the trap call.
>
> Keep in mind that, while most "system calls" are actually RPCs, a few of
> them actually are real system calls (i.e. traps) in addition to
> mach_msg. mach_thread_self and mach_task_self are such calls.
Well, valgrind will only see system calls, not RPCs.
Samuel