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SubjectRe: [patch] kprobes for 2.5.73 with single-stepping out-of-line
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 06:01:09PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> "Vamsi Krishna S ." <vamsi@in.ibm.com> writes:
>
>
> > +static struct kprobe *current_kprobe;
>
> This global variable is quite unclean. It looks like it is for passing
> function arguments around. Why is it needed?
>
This is used for keeping track of the probe that is currently being
handled. This information is needed to be kept across a
trap 3 - singlestep - trap 1. So, we set store the current probe in
this variable while handling trap 3, for use while handling the
subsequent trap 1.

> > +#define KPROBE_HASH_BITS 6
> > +#define KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE (1 << KPROBE_HASH_BITS)
> > +
> > +static struct list_head kprobe_table[KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE];
>
> Use hlists?
>
Yes, that will save some space in this hash table.. will convert to
hlists and repost.

>
> -Andi

Thanks,
Vamsi.
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Vamsi Krishna S.
IBM Software Lab, Bangalore.
Ph: +91 80 5044959
Internet: vamsi@in.ibm.com
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