linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] uprobes: Introduce copy_opcode(), kill read

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Message-ID: <20121006065914.GD27781@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Sat, 6 Oct 2012 12:29:14 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] uprobes: Introduce copy_opcode(), kill
 read_opcode()

* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> [2012-09-23 22:19:48]:

> No functional changes, preparations.
> 
> 1. Extract the kmap-and-memcpy code from read_opcode() into the
>    new trivial helper, copy_opcode(). The next patch will add
>    another user.
> 
> 2. read_opcode() becomes really trivial, fold it into its single
>    caller, is_swbp_at_addr().
> 
> 3. Remove "auprobe" argument from write_opcode(), it is not used
>    since f403072c6.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

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