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From: rabin@rab.in (Rabin Vincent)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 9/9] ARM: add uprobes support
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 20:27:56 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121021182742.GB4840@ubuntu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121015173147.GA18614@linaro.org>

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 06:31:47PM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 09:23:13PM +0200, Rabin Vincent wrote:
> > +static int uprobe_trap_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int instr)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long flags;
> > +
> > +	local_irq_save(flags);
> > +	if ((instr & 0x0fffffff) == UPROBE_SWBP_INSN)
> 
> Is the check unnecessary here?  I think the same comparison will
> happen as a result of evaluating the associated undef_hook.

The check is there because this uprobe_trap_handler() is registered for
two different undefined instructions: UPROBE_SWBP_INSN (the one which is
used to insert the probe) and UPROBE_SS_INSN (the one placed in the XOL
area for simulating single-stepping).

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-21 18:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-14 19:23 [PATCH 1/9] uprobes: move function declarations out of arch Rabin Vincent
2012-10-14 19:23 ` [PATCH 2/9] uprobes: check for single step support Rabin Vincent
2012-10-17 16:40   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-10-17 17:02     ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-10-14 19:23 ` [PATCH 3/9] uprobes: allow ignoring of probe hits Rabin Vincent
2012-10-15 16:52   ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-10-16 20:11     ` Rabin Vincent
2012-10-17 17:35       ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-10-21 18:15         ` Rabin Vincent
2012-10-21 19:40           ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-10-17 16:52   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-10-14 19:23 ` [PATCH 4/9] uprobes: allow arch access to xol slot Rabin Vincent
2012-10-17 17:17   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-10-14 19:23 ` [PATCH 5/9] uprobes: allow arch-specific initialization Rabin Vincent
2012-10-18  9:39   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-10-14 19:23 ` [PATCH 6/9] uprobes: flush cache after xol write Rabin Vincent
2012-10-15 16:57   ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-10-16 20:29     ` Rabin Vincent
2012-10-25 14:58       ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-10-26  5:52         ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2012-10-26 16:39           ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-10-29  5:35             ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2012-11-03 16:33               ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-11-04 14:29                 ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2012-11-14 17:37                   ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-10-14 19:23 ` [PATCH 7/9] uprobes: add arch write opcode hook Rabin Vincent
2012-10-14 19:23 ` [PATCH 8/9] ARM: support uprobe handling Rabin Vincent
2012-11-04 10:13   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2012-11-12 17:26     ` Rabin Vincent
2012-10-14 19:23 ` [PATCH 9/9] ARM: add uprobes support Rabin Vincent
2012-10-15 11:14   ` Dave Martin
2012-10-15 11:44     ` Rabin Vincent
2012-10-15 17:44       ` Dave Martin
2012-10-17 14:50         ` Jon Medhurst (Tixy)
2012-10-21 18:43           ` Rabin Vincent
2012-10-21 18:59         ` Rabin Vincent
2012-10-15 17:31   ` Dave Martin
2012-10-21 18:27     ` Rabin Vincent [this message]
2012-10-17 17:54   ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-10-15 17:19 ` [PATCH 1/9] uprobes: move function declarations out of arch Srikar Dronamraju
2012-10-16 20:30   ` Rabin Vincent
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-08-01 23:45 [PATCH 0/9] uprobes: Add uprobes support for ARM David Long
2013-08-01 23:45 ` [PATCH 9/9] ARM: add uprobes support David Long
2013-08-29 14:54   ` Jon Medhurst (Tixy)

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