linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: unify extable

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Message-ID: <20071218175753.GA10584@elte.hu>
Date:	Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:57:54 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
Cc:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: unify extable_{32|64}.c


* Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com> wrote:

> Hi Harvey,
> 
> Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > Introduce fixup_exception() on X86_64 and use it in kprobes to
> > eliminate an #ifdef.
> > 
> > Only X86_64 needs search_extable() due to a stepping bug.
> 
> It's a good work!
> If you can work on it, please add a prototype declaration of
> fixup_exception() in asm-x86/uaccess_64.h too.

FYI, i've already added this to x86.git, it was needed for 64-bit to 
build fine.

	Ingo
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