Re: [PATCH 22/22] man2: Add uprobe syscall page

Alejandro Colomar
2025-05-01T21:26:52Z

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Hi Jiri,

On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 10:45:41PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 04:01:56PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > > > +is an alternative to breakpoint instructions
> > > > +for triggering entry uprobe consumers.
> > >
> > > What are breakpoint instructions?
> >
> > it's int3 instruction to trigger breakpoint (on x86_64)
>
> I guess it's something that people who do that stuff understand.
> I don't, but I guess your intended audience will be okay with it. :)
>
> > > The pages are almost identical. Should we document both pages in the
> > > same page?
> >
> > great, I was wondering this was an option, looks much better
> > should we also add uprobe link, like below?
>
> Yep, sure. Thanks for the reminder!

From what I see, I should not yet merge the patch, right? The kernel
code is under review, right?

Have a lovely night!
Alex

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> Have a lovely night!
> Alex
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