[PATCH] powerpc/uprobes: teach uprobes to ignore gdb breakpoints

Oleg Nesterov oleg at redhat.com
Thu Mar 21 03:07:28 EST 2013


On 03/20, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 01:43:01PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > On 03/20, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > >
> > > But we did not install UPROBE_SWBP_INSN. Is it fine? I hope yes, just to
> > > verify. If not, we need 2 definitions. is_uprobe_insn() should still check
> > > insns == UPROBE_SWBP_INSN, and is_swbp_insn() should check is_trap().
> > >
> > > And I am just curious, could you explain how X and UPROBE_SWBP_INSN
> > > differ?
> >
> > IOW, if I wasn't clear... Lets forget about gdb/etc for the moment.
> > Suppose we apply the patch below. Will uprobes on powerpc work?
> >
> > If yes, then your patch should be fine. If not, we probably need more
> > changes.
>
> Yes, it will work fine.

Even if this new insn is conditional?

Oleg.



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