Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:28:06 -0500 | | From | Masami Hiramatsu <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86: WARN_ON breakpoints from .kprobes.text section | |
Hi Abhishek,
Abhishek Sagar wrote:
> Identify breakpoints in .kprobes.text section. These certainly aren't kprobe
> traps. However, we make an exception for the breakpoint hardcoded into jprobe_return.
Sorry, I can not understand what issue these patches can solve.
The breakpoint which is inserted by external debugger will be checked by
kprobe_handler() and be passed to other exception_notify_handlers.
In that case, we don't need to warn it.
I think current code is enough simple.
Thank you,
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Masami Hiramatsu
Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
Software Solutions Division
e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com
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