linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] paravirt.h

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Message-ID: <44EC2450.3060706@vmware.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:48:00 -0700
From:	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] paravirt.h

Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 August 2006 11:36, Zachary Amsden wrote:
>   
>> Andi Kleen wrote:
>>     
>>>> I need to look at the kprobes code in more depth to answer completely.  
>>>> But in general, there could be a problem if DRs are set to fire on any 
>>>> EIP 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> kprobes don't use DRs
>>>       
>> Good to know.  But int3 breakpoints can still cause horrific breakage in 
>> the stop_machine code.  I don't know a good way to disallow it.
>>     
>
> Mark the functions as __kprobes
>   

And the functions they call?
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