linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 3.2 2/9] uprobes: handle breakpoint and signal step exception.

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:32:32 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, 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>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 3.2 2/9] uprobes: handle breakpoint and signal step
 exception.

> Srikar,
> 
>   Can we use existing SET_IP() instead of set_instruction_pointer() ?
> 

Oleg had already commented about this in one his uprobes reviews.

The GET_IP/SET_IP available in include/asm-generic/ptrace.h doesnt work
on all archs. Atleast it doesnt work on powerpc when I tried it.

Also most archs define instruction_pointer(). So I thought (rather Peter
Zijlstra suggested the name set_instruction_pointer())
set_instruction_pointer was a better bet than SET_IP. I 

Also I dont see any usage for SET_IP/GET_IP.

May be we should have something like this in
include/asm-generic/ptrace.h

#ifdef instruction_pointer
#define GET_IP(regs)		(instruction_pointer(regs))

#define set_instruction_pointer(regs, val) (instruction_pointer(regs) = (val))

#define SET_IP(regs, val)	(set_instruction_pointer(regs,val))

#endif

or should we do away with GET_IP/SET_IP esp since there are no many
users?

-- 
Thanks and Regards
Srikar

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