From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>,
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>,
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3.2 2/9] uprobes: handle breakpoint and signal step exception.
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:42:23 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120125081223.GC24766@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMjpGUc+V-mrQcBcpyTvhCihYUtd=4Q4Wr6DTsaUwC0JJpBROA@mail.gmail.com>
> >>
> >> One question that could be asked is why arent we using instruction_pointer
> >> instead of GET_IP since instruction_pointer is being defined in 25
> >> places and with references in 120 places.
> >
> > i think you misunderstand the point. {G,S}ET_IP() is the glue between the
> > arch's pt_regs struct and the public facing API. the only people who should
> > be touching those macros are the ptrace core. instruction_pointer() and
> > instruction_pointer_set() are the API that asm/ptrace.h exports to the rest of
> > the tree.
>
> Srikar: does that make sense ? i'm happy to help with improving
> asm-generic/ptrace.h.
> -mike
>
Yes, I think it makes sense. I have modified the code to use
instruction_pointer_set instead of set_instruction_pointer.
--
Thanks and Regards
Srikar
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From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>,
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>,
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3.2 2/9] uprobes: handle breakpoint and signal step exception.
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:42:23 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120125081223.GC24766@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMjpGUc+V-mrQcBcpyTvhCihYUtd=4Q4Wr6DTsaUwC0JJpBROA@mail.gmail.com>
> >>
> >> One question that could be asked is why arent we using instruction_pointer
> >> instead of GET_IP since instruction_pointer is being defined in 25
> >> places and with references in 120 places.
> >
> > i think you misunderstand the point. {G,S}ET_IP() is the glue between the
> > arch's pt_regs struct and the public facing API. the only people who should
> > be touching those macros are the ptrace core. instruction_pointer() and
> > instruction_pointer_set() are the API that asm/ptrace.h exports to the rest of
> > the tree.
>
> Srikar: does that make sense ? i'm happy to help with improving
> asm-generic/ptrace.h.
> -mike
>
Yes, I think it makes sense. I have modified the code to use
instruction_pointer_set instead of set_instruction_pointer.
--
Thanks and Regards
Srikar
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-25 8:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-10 11:48 [PATCH v9 3.2 0/9] Uprobes patchset with perf probe support Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:48 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:48 ` [PATCH v9 3.2 1/9] uprobes: Install and remove breakpoints Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:48 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-25 14:39 ` Denys Vlasenko
2012-01-25 14:39 ` Denys Vlasenko
2012-01-25 16:31 ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-01-25 16:31 ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-01-25 15:13 ` Denys Vlasenko
2012-01-25 15:13 ` Denys Vlasenko
2012-01-25 15:32 ` Denys Vlasenko
2012-01-25 15:32 ` Denys Vlasenko
2012-01-26 14:14 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2012-01-26 14:14 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2012-01-26 18:28 ` Denys Vlasenko
2012-01-26 18:28 ` Denys Vlasenko
2012-01-30 9:51 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2012-01-30 9:51 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2012-01-26 13:38 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2012-01-26 13:38 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2012-01-26 13:45 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2012-01-26 13:45 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2012-01-10 11:48 ` [PATCH v9 3.2 2/9] uprobes: handle breakpoint and signal step exception Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:48 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-18 8:39 ` Anton Arapov
2012-01-18 8:39 ` Anton Arapov
2012-01-18 9:02 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-18 9:02 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-18 10:18 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-01-18 10:47 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-18 10:47 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-18 11:01 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-01-20 22:57 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-01-20 22:57 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-01-25 8:12 ` Srikar Dronamraju [this message]
2012-01-25 8:12 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:48 ` [PATCH v9 3.2 3/9] uprobes: slot allocation Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:48 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:49 ` [PATCH v9 3.2 4/9] uprobes: counter to optimize probe hits Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:49 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:49 ` [PATCH v9 3.2 5/9] tracing: modify is_delete, is_return from ints to bool Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:49 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:49 ` [PATCH v9 3.2 6/9] tracing: Extract out common code for kprobes/uprobes traceevents Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:49 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:49 ` [PATCH v9 3.2 7/9] tracing: uprobes trace_event interface Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:49 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-16 13:11 ` Jiri Olsa
2012-01-16 13:11 ` Jiri Olsa
2012-01-16 14:45 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-16 14:45 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-16 15:33 ` Jiri Olsa
2012-01-16 15:33 ` Jiri Olsa
2012-01-16 16:41 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-16 16:41 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-17 9:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 9:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 10:22 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-17 10:22 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-17 10:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 10:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 11:03 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-17 11:03 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-17 11:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 11:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 11:57 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-17 11:57 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-17 12:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 12:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 12:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 12:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 12:11 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 12:11 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 12:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 12:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-18 10:07 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-18 10:07 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:49 ` [PATCH v9 3.2 8/9] perf: rename target_module to target Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-10 11:49 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-16 8:34 ` [PATCH v9 3.2 0/9] Uprobes patchset with perf probe support Ingo Molnar
2012-01-16 8:34 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-16 15:17 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-16 15:17 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-01-17 9:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-17 9:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-25 14:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-01-25 14:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-01-26 11:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-01-26 11:10 ` Ingo Molnar
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