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* [PATCH] SPARC64: Emphasize that sparc64 doesn't support return probes.
@ 2007-07-01 16:49 Robert P. J. Day
  2007-07-02  3:37 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Robert P. J. Day @ 2007-07-01 16:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux Kernel Mailing List; +Cc: David S. Miller


Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>

---

diff --git a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
index 89a1b46..6b04c86 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ config KPROBES
 	  execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes
 	  a probepoint and specifies the callback.  Kprobes is useful
 	  for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
+	  (Note that sparc64 does *not* currently support return probes.)
 	  If in doubt, say "N".
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* Re: [PATCH] SPARC64: Emphasize that sparc64 doesn't support return probes.
  2007-07-01 16:49 [PATCH] SPARC64: Emphasize that sparc64 doesn't support return probes Robert P. J. Day
@ 2007-07-02  3:37 ` David Miller
  2007-07-02  7:58   ` Robert P. J. Day
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2007-07-02  3:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: rpjday; +Cc: linux-kernel

From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:49:58 -0400 (EDT)

> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>

I think it's simply better for me to add kretprobe
support don't you think?

It's on my todo list and I don't want to add this doc blurb
that will very shortly become wrong.

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* Re: [PATCH] SPARC64: Emphasize that sparc64 doesn't support return probes.
  2007-07-02  3:37 ` David Miller
@ 2007-07-02  7:58   ` Robert P. J. Day
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Robert P. J. Day @ 2007-07-02  7:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Miller; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, David Miller wrote:

> From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:49:58 -0400 (EDT)
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>
>
> I think it's simply better for me to add kretprobe
> support don't you think?
>
> It's on my todo list and I don't want to add this doc blurb
> that will very shortly become wrong.

ok, i didn't realize that was coming.

rday
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Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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