Re: [PATCH] Kprobes: wrapper to define jprobe.entry

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Nov 19 2004 - 02:07:56 EST


Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Here is a patch that adds a wrapper for defining jprobe.entry to make
> > > it easy to handle the three dword function descriptors defined by the
> > > PowerPC ELF ABI.
> > >
> > > Current patch against 2.6.10-rc2-mm1 + kprobes patch for ppc64.
> >
> > I don't have the kprobes-for-ppc64 patch here.
> >
> > > Changes for adding this wrapper for x86, ppc64 (tested) and x86_64
> > > (untested) below. The earlier method of defining jprobe.entry will
> > > continue to work.
> >
> > So what should I do with this? I'm inclined to drop it until the x86_64
> > part has been tested and Dave has had a go at the sparc64 version.
>
> I have now tested the patch succesfully on x86_64 and updated it for
> sparc64 too (Dave says the change looks good).

What is the review and testing status of the kprobes-for-ppc64 patch which
you sent?

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