linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip 0/5] Kprobes updates

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Date:	Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:52:37 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 2nddept-manager@....hitachi.co.jp
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip  0/5] Kprobes updates


* Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This series of patches fixes some code/docs which are related to
> kprobes (especially optprobe).
> First 2 resend patches update document and selftest since
> optprobe changes kprobes behavior.
> Next 2 patches fix double get_cpu() by using __stop_machine().
> And the last patch makes text_poke_smp() depending on
> stop_machine() on smp, because without stop_machine(),
> it can't ensure safety on smp.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> ---
> 
> Masami Hiramatsu (5):
>       [BUGFIX] kconfig/x86: Add HAVE_TEXT_POKE_SMP config for stop_machine dependency
>       [BUGFIX] x86: Use __stop_machine() in text_poke_smp()
>       Define __stop_machine when CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE=n
>       [RESEND][BUGFIX] kprobes: Fix selftest to clear flags field for reusing probes
>       [RESEND] kprobes: Update document about irq disabled state in kprobe handler
> 
> 
>  Documentation/kprobes.txt     |    8 +++++---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig              |    5 +++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c |    3 ++-
>  include/linux/stop_machine.h  |   10 ++++++++--
>  kernel/test_kprobes.c         |   12 +++++++++---
>  5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Applied to tip:perf/core, thanks a lot Masami!

	Ingo
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