Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: uprobes: make UPROBE_SWBP_INSN/UPROBE_XOLBP_INSN constant

Oleg Nesterov
2024-06-29T13:40:46Z

On 06/29, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
>
> On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:38:06 +0200
> Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > > +arch_initcall(check_emit_break);
> > > > +
> > >
> > > I wouldn't even bother with this, but whatever.
> >
> > Agreed, this looks a bit ugly. I did this only because I can not test
> > this (hopefully trivial) patch and the maintainers didn't reply.
>
> The LoongArch maintainer Huacai told me offline to reply this thread today.
>
> > If LoongArch boots at least once with this change, this run-time check
> > can be removed.
>
> I will test it next Monday.

Thanks!

> > And just in case... I didn't dare to make a more "generic" change, but
> > perhaps KPROBE_BP_INSN and KPROBE_SSTEPBP_INSN should be redefined the
> > same way for micro-optimization. In this case __emit_break() should be
> > probably moved into arch/loongarch/include/asm/inst.h.
>
> Yeah. I think so too.

OK... should I send v2? Or another change which does this on top of this
patch? Or will you do it yourself?

>
> Thanks,
> Tiezhu
>