Re: FInal kprobes rollup patches

[Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>]

Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>> These are:
>>
>> -add stack_addr() macro
>> -I prefer the table defintion macros in mine as it avoids the need to
>> cast the pointer passed to test_bit, but if you want them
>> to be u32 as in your patch, I can change it.
> 
>  please do so. we'd like to reduce ifdefs as less as possible:-)
> 
>> -wrmsr/wrmsrl - use wrmsr() for both
>> -call is_IF_modifier with p->ainsn.insn in both
>> -check casting of jprobe_saved_sp, I get some compile warnings currently
>> with pointer comparisons to signed/unsigned types.
> 
> Could you also add below?
> - fix some comments (it clarifies the meanings of the code)
> - add fix_riprel(). this useful to reduce ifdefs.
> - expand reenter_kprobe(). I think it treat above two blocks.
> - reassignment of regs->ip in kprobe_handler can be unified
>   to "regs->ip = (unsigned long)addr;"

Oh, I forgot to point out important thing.
- please make bugfix patches first. I think my bugfix patches
  need to go upstream before unification. It would cause some
  crashes.

Thank you.


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Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com, masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com