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

Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli ananth at in.ibm.com
Thu Mar 21 18:17:07 EST 2013


On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 05:07:28PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> 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?

Yes.



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