Re: [PATCH] 2-ptrace_multi

[Ulrich Drepper]

On 5/18/06, Renzo Davoli <renzo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> e.g. To virtualize a write you'd have to call PTRACE_PEEKDATA for each
> word of the buffer, very many hundreds cycles lost.

No, this is not how programs should do it.  Just open /proc/PID/mem
and use pread() with an offset corresponding to the address.  Now,
repeat your timings using this technique.
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