From: Karim Yaghmour <karim@opersys.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>,
Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Tom Zanussi <zanussi@us.ibm.com>,
ltt-dev@shafik.org, Michel Dagenais <michel.dagenais@polymtl.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/11] LTTng-core (basic tracing infrastructure) 0.5.108
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:24:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <450B0BF9.8090407@opersys.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060915125934.6c82b625.akpm@osdl.org>
Andrew Morton wrote:
> People have been speeding up kprobes in recent kernels, to avoid the int3
> overhead. I don't recall seeing how effective that has been.
I don't want to microdebate this one, but here's the quote from Frank
on the topic of djprobe:
> Smart teams from IBM and Hitachi have been hammering away at this code
> for a year or two now, and yet (roughly) here we are. There have been
> experiments involving plopping branches instead of int3's at probe
> locations, but this is self-modifying code involving multiple
> instructions, and appears to be tricky on SMP/preempt boxes.
The idea behind this mechanism is neat. But every step along the way
there seem to be ever more complex corner cases where it can't be
used.
Should this mechanism ever be made to work, the need for static
markup would still be felt however.
Karim
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-15 20:14 UTC|newest]
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2006-09-14 3:38 [PATCH 0/11] LTTng-core (basic tracing infrastructure) 0.5.108 Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-14 11:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 13:40 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-14 13:55 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 14:33 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-14 15:26 ` Michel Dagenais
2006-09-14 17:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 15:04 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-14 18:08 ` Nick Piggin
2006-09-14 18:38 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-14 17:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 17:55 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-14 18:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 18:35 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-14 18:54 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 9:20 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-15 12:38 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 12:32 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-15 14:09 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 14:30 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-15 15:12 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-16 10:41 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-16 15:28 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-18 8:57 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-18 14:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-18 15:37 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 13:20 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-15 13:41 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 13:44 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-15 14:03 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 14:37 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-15 14:34 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 13:57 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-15 14:17 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 14:13 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-15 14:31 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 14:28 ` Paul Mundt
2006-09-15 14:46 ` Martin J. Bligh
2006-09-15 15:22 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-15 15:47 ` Martin J. Bligh
2006-09-15 14:51 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 15:00 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-15 15:28 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 18:16 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-15 18:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 19:26 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 19:43 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 20:05 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 20:22 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-15 21:08 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-15 21:25 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-15 22:02 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-15 22:03 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 22:32 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 22:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 23:33 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 23:52 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 2:24 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 23:53 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 2:51 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 22:59 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2006-09-15 23:40 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 23:17 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-15 21:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 21:58 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-15 22:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 22:45 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-16 9:59 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-16 17:24 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-16 17:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 17:56 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-16 19:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 19:37 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 20:29 ` [patch] kprobes: optimize branch placement Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 20:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 21:44 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-16 22:57 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-16 23:24 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 2:44 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-17 1:59 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-17 12:15 ` Mike Galbraith
2006-09-16 22:56 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-16 23:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-18 13:52 ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2006-09-16 22:55 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-17 10:13 ` [PATCH 0/11] LTTng-core (basic tracing infrastructure) 0.5.108 Frederik Deweerdt
2006-09-17 14:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 19:51 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-16 23:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 5:33 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-16 18:11 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-16 17:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 18:15 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-18 8:18 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-16 17:55 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-18 8:21 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-18 8:33 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-18 15:01 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-16 17:30 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-18 8:15 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-18 14:53 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-18 15:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-18 16:54 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-15 21:12 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 21:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 20:13 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-15 21:49 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-16 10:19 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-16 16:05 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-17 4:54 ` Ganesan Rajagopal
2006-09-18 8:13 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-18 14:46 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-18 17:06 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-20 14:17 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-15 19:35 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-15 19:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 19:56 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 20:23 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-15 20:40 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 20:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 21:17 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 21:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 21:56 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 21:27 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 21:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 22:15 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 22:53 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 23:14 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 23:49 ` Nicholas Miell
2006-09-15 23:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 0:41 ` Nicholas Miell
2006-09-16 0:31 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-16 8:20 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 8:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 8:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 8:22 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 19:58 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-16 22:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 23:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 1:15 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-17 8:42 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 15:16 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-17 15:25 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 16:02 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-17 16:45 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 16:59 ` Nick Piggin
2006-09-17 17:26 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-17 17:56 ` Nick Piggin
2006-09-17 18:59 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-17 21:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 21:52 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-17 22:27 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 21:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-18 8:43 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-17 21:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 19:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 19:45 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-17 20:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 21:36 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-17 22:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 23:14 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 14:19 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2006-09-17 15:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-17 17:15 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
[not found] ` <y0mu036eglz.fsf@ton.toronto.redhat.com>
2006-09-17 15:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 8:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 8:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-16 8:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 21:05 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 21:17 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-15 21:31 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 20:00 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-15 20:27 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-15 20:37 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-15 20:26 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-15 20:51 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-17 17:53 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-17 19:35 ` printk instrumentation with LTTng Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-15 15:24 ` [PATCH 0/11] LTTng-core (basic tracing infrastructure) 0.5.108 Alan Cox
2006-09-15 15:23 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 14:39 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-15 15:04 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-14 19:40 ` Tim Bird
2006-09-14 20:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 20:46 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-19 12:05 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-09-14 21:02 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 11:40 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-15 11:46 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 12:38 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-15 12:39 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 13:41 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-15 13:34 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 14:41 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-15 14:35 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 14:58 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-15 14:57 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 17:49 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-15 18:20 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 17:01 ` Tim Bird
2006-09-15 17:08 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2006-09-15 17:57 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-15 18:31 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-15 18:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 19:10 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 19:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 20:05 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-09-15 20:35 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 21:44 ` Tim Bird
2006-09-19 12:29 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-09-19 13:17 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 18:24 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2006-09-15 18:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 18:18 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-15 18:10 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-15 19:49 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-15 20:54 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-15 21:42 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 21:46 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-19 15:05 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-19 15:30 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-19 16:39 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-19 18:03 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-15 17:45 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-15 18:16 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-15 19:20 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-15 19:59 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-15 20:24 ` Karim Yaghmour [this message]
2006-09-15 20:25 ` Thomas Gleixner
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2006-09-14 20:24 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 20:54 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-14 21:08 ` Daniel Walker
2006-09-14 21:30 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-14 22:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 23:39 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-14 23:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 0:27 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 1:47 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-15 5:47 ` Vara Prasad
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2006-09-14 20:25 ` Martin Bligh
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2006-09-14 20:55 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-14 21:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 22:25 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-14 22:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 22:59 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-14 23:19 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 0:19 ` Nicholas Miell
2006-09-15 1:04 ` Martin J. Bligh
2006-09-15 12:38 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-15 7:00 ` Vara Prasad
2006-09-15 15:37 ` Michel Dagenais
2006-09-19 12:08 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-09-14 21:07 ` Roman Zippel
2006-09-15 9:29 ` Jes Sorensen
2006-09-14 17:51 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-14 15:19 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-14 19:39 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2006-09-15 17:13 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-14 15:02 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2006-09-14 15:14 ` Martin J. Bligh
2006-09-14 17:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 18:25 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-14 20:03 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-14 20:14 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 20:40 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-14 21:05 ` Michel Dagenais
2006-09-14 22:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 22:46 ` Martin Bligh
2006-09-14 22:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2006-09-14 19:03 ` grundig
2006-09-14 19:21 ` Karim Yaghmour
2006-09-14 19:48 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2006-09-15 16:32 ` Jose R. Santos
2006-09-19 11:59 ` Christoph Hellwig
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
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2006-09-15 9:17 Richard J Moore
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2006-09-15 18:32 ` Alan Cox
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