[PATCH v2 0/5] powerpc: a few kprobe fixes and refactoring

Naveen N. Rao naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Apr 12 20:58:23 AEST 2017


v1:
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1334843.html

For v2, this series has been re-ordered and rebased on top of
powerpc/next so as to make it easier to resolve conflicts with -tip. No
other changes.

- Naveen


Naveen N. Rao (5):
  kprobes: convert kprobe_lookup_name() to a function
  powerpc: kprobes: fix handling of function offsets on ABIv2
  powerpc: introduce a new helper to obtain function entry points
  powerpc: kprobes: factor out code to emulate instruction into a helper
  powerpc: kprobes: emulate instructions on kprobe handler re-entry

 arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h |  37 ++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/kprobes.h       |  53 --------------
 arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c            | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes.c          |   6 +-
 include/linux/kprobes.h                  |   1 +
 kernel/kprobes.c                         |  21 +++---
 6 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)

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2.12.1



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