Re: [PATCH v3 2.6.39-rc1-tip 13/26] 13: uprobes: get thebreakpoint address.

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 20:05 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> +/**
> + * uprobes_get_bkpt_addr - compute address of bkpt given post-bkpt regs
> + * @regs: Reflects the saved state of the task after it has hit a breakpoint
> + * instruction.
> + * Return the address of the breakpoint instruction.
> + */
> +unsigned long uprobes_get_bkpt_addr(struct pt_regs *regs)
> +{
> +       return instruction_pointer(regs) - UPROBES_BKPT_INSN_SIZE;
> +} 

This assumes the breakpoint instruction is trap like, not fault like, is
that true for all architectures?
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