linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2] kprobes: Introduce is_kprobe

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:45:59 +1100
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, hskinnemoen@...el.com,
	schwidefsky@...ibm.com, heiko.carstens@...ibm.com,
	tony.luck@...el.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] kprobes: Introduce is_kprobe_fault()

Harvey Harrison writes:

> Use a central is_kprobe_fault() inline in kprobes.h to remove all
> of the arch-dependant, practically identical implementations in
> avr32, ia64, powerpc, s390, sparc64, and x86.

I don't like the name "is_kprobe_fault" since the function actually
handles the fault - i.e. it does more than just tell the caller
whether this is a kprobes fault.  Something like
"handle_kprobes_fault" or "maybe_handle_kprobes_fault" would be
better IMO.

Paul.
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