Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] uprobes/powerpc: remove additional trapinstruction check

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Tue Mar 26 2013 - 08:12:45 EST


* Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx> [2013-03-22 20:49:46]:

> From: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> prepare_uprobe() already checks if the underlying unstruction
> (on file) is a trap variant. We don't need to check this again.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c | 6 ------
> 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-3.9-rc3/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-3.9-rc3.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
> +++ linux-3.9-rc3/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
> @@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ int arch_uprobe_analyze_insn(struct arch
> if (addr & 0x03)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - /*
> - * We currently don't support a uprobe on an already
> - * existing breakpoint instruction underneath
> - */
> - if (is_trap(auprobe->ainsn))
> - return -ENOTSUPP;
> return 0;
> }
>

--
Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

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