[PATCH] powerpc: kprobes: invoke handlers directly

Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli ananth at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Nov 21 15:23:50 AEDT 2016


On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 05:09:26PM +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
> ... rather than through notify_die(), to reduce path taken for handling
> kprobes. Similar to commit 6f6343f53d13 ("kprobes/x86: Call exception
> handlers directly from do_int3/do_debug").
> 
> While at it, rename post_kprobe_handler() to kprobe_post_handler() for
> more uniform naming.
> 
> Reported-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth at linux.vnet.ibm.com>



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