linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 3.2-rc2 9/30] uprobes: Background page replacement.

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Date:	Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:19:48 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 3.2-rc2 9/30] uprobes: Background page replacement.

* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> [2011-11-28 15:13:29]:

> On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 16:38 +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > +/**
> > + * is_bkpt_insn - check if instruction is breakpoint instruction.
> > + * @insn: instruction to be checked.
> > + * Default implementation of is_bkpt_insn
> > + * Returns true if @insn is a breakpoint instruction.
> > + */
> > +bool __weak is_bkpt_insn(u8 *insn)
> > +{
> > +       return (insn[0] == UPROBES_BKPT_INSN);
> >  } 
> 
> This seems wrong, UPROBES_BKPT_INSN basically defined to be of
> uprobe_opcode_t type, not u8.
> 
> So:
> 
> bool __weak is_bkpt_insn(uprobe_opcode_t *insn)
> {
> 	return *insn == UPROBE_BKPT_INSN;
> }
> 
> seems like the right way to write this.
> 

Agree, will fix this. 
Thanks for bringing this up.

-- 
Thanks and Regards
Srikar

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