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SubjectRe: [patch] Kprobes ia64 qp fix
>>>>> On Thu, 26 May 2005 10:51:45 -0700, Rusty Lynch <rusty.lynch@intel.com> said:

Rusty> The following patch is for the 2.6.12-rc5-mm1 + my previous
Rusty> "Kprobes ia64 cleanup" patch that fixes a bug where a kprobe still
Rusty> fires when the instruction is predicated off. So given the p6=0,
Rusty> and we have an instruction like:

Rusty> (p6) move loc1=0

Rusty> we should not be triggering the kprobe. This is handled by
Rusty> carrying over the qp section of the original instruction into
Rusty> the break instruction.

What about:

(p6) cmp.eq.unc p9,p10=rX,rY

would the code handle that right? Similary, you may want to check for
the correct handling of instructions that cannot be predicated (such
as "cover").

--david
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