Re: [PATCH -tip v9 00/26] kprobes: introduce NOKPROBE_SYMBOL, bugfixes and scalbility efforts

Masami Hiramatsu
2014-04-17T08:54:01Z

(2014/04/17 17:37), Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> * Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> wrote:
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>> Masami Hiramatsu (26):
>> [BUGFIX]kprobes/x86: Fix page-fault handling logic
>> kprobes/x86: Allow to handle reentered kprobe on singlestepping
>> kprobes: Prohibit probing on .entry.text code
>> kprobes: Introduce NOKPROBE_SYMBOL() macro for blacklist
>> [BUGFIX] kprobes/x86: Prohibit probing on debug_stack_*
>> [BUGFIX] x86: Prohibit probing on native_set_debugreg/load_idt
>> [BUGFIX] x86: Prohibit probing on thunk functions and restore
>
> Ok, the whole series is looking pretty good now.
>
> Can I apply the 4 bugfixes first, or do the last 3 bugfixes depend on
> the 3 non-bugfixes patches before them in any way?

Right, the last 3 bugfixes depends on NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(), so you can
apply only the first patch...

Thank you,

>
> Thanks,
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> Ingo
>

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Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Research Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com