Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:20:32 +0530 | From | Srikar Dronamraju <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] [PATCH 2.6.37-rc5-tip 16/20] 16: uprobes: register a notifier for uprobes. |
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* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> [2011-01-25 14:56:18]:
> On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 15:30 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote: > > Uprobe needs to be intimated on int3 and singlestep exceptions. > > Hence uprobes registers a die notifier so that its notified of the events. > > Why isn't this part of the previous patch? This splitup really doesn't > make sense.
The die notifier which is introduced in patch 15 is arch dependent (i.e x86). Whereever possible I have kept the arch dependent parts separate from the arch independent parts so that porting to another architecture becomes easier and clear.
-- Thanks and Regards Srikar
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