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SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/12] uprobes: split THPs before trying replace them
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 01:28:49PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:28:13 +0300 "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
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> > For THPs page_check_address() always fails. It's better to split them
> > first before trying to replace.
>
> So what does this mean. uprobes simply fails to work when trying to
> place a probe into a THP memory region?

Looks like we can end up with endless retry loop in uprobe_write_opcode().

> How come nobody noticed (and reported) this when using the feature?

I guess it's not often used for anon memory.

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Kirill A. Shutemov

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