RE: [patch 1/5] x86, ptrace: remove bad comment

["Metzger, Markus T" <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ingo Molnar [mailto:mingo@elte.hu] 
>Sent: Samstag, 15. Dezember 2007 08:30

>another detail: shouldnt this be structured so that the APIs are 
>introduced in kernel/ptrace.c, and that the architecture offers the 
>mechanism. (which would thus be ptrace-independent) This would 
>also open 
>these APIs up to kernel-internal use and to be used by other 
>architectures.

Isn't this best done once we actually have at least one other
architecture?

The DS interface should be fine for kernel and user trace on x86, but it
may not be the best interface for other architectures.

regards,
markus.
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