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

Jiri Olsa
2025-05-02T08:47:58Z

On Thu, May 01, 2025 at 11:26:46PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> 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?

right, we need to figure out other stuff first

thanks,
jirka

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> Alex
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