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From: "Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take 2
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:56:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000301c6fe5c$d4617180$bf80030a@amr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <454961EE.4070608@intel.com>

Mao, Bibo wrote on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:53 PM
> else means that current cpu does not support 16 byte atomic operation.
> If kprobe address is on slot 0/2, then memcpy still can execute.

Do you allow kprobe insertion on "L+X" instruction?  It looks like so.
Then how do you maintain atomic update to L and X instruction right
now with memcpy?

"atomic update" is not really the exact word I want to use here.  Don't
you want to write the upper 8-byte first so that break opcode is jammed
in there before updating the remaining 41-bit immediate value? Otherwise,
writing lower 8-byte first will end up with a small window that original
opcode seeing corrupted immediate value.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-11-02  8:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-11-02  3:11 [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take 2 bibo,mao
2006-11-02  3:39 ` Keith Owens
2006-11-02  5:04 ` [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take bibo,mao
2006-11-02  6:51 ` bibo,mao
2006-11-02  7:17 ` [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take 2 Keith Owens
2006-11-02  7:22 ` Keith Owens
2006-11-02  7:25 ` Keith Owens
2006-11-02  7:27 ` [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take bibo,mao
2006-11-02  7:32 ` [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take 2 Keith Owens
2006-11-02  7:38 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-11-02  7:45 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-11-02  7:52 ` [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take bibo,mao
2006-11-02  8:17 ` [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take 2 Chen, Kenneth W
2006-11-02  8:56 ` Chen, Kenneth W [this message]
2006-11-02  9:05 ` [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take bibo,mao
2006-11-02  9:22 ` [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take 2 Chen, Kenneth W
2006-11-02 19:50 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-11-02 19:57 ` Luck, Tony
2006-11-02 20:29 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2006-11-03  1:25 ` [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take bibo,mao
2006-11-03  1:55 ` [PATCH]IA64 trap code 16 bytes atomic copy on montecito, take 2 Chen, Kenneth W

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