linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/2] x86: make jump labels use int3-based breakpoint instead of stop

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Date:	Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:54:57 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/2] x86: make jump labels use int3-based
 breakpoint instead of stop_machine()

On Thu, 2013-07-11 at 21:23 +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:

> > Thus you would need to do something like:
> 
> Yup, I have been looking at the ftrace implementation and came to this 
> conclusion; thanks for confirmation.
> That's exactly why I wanted to postpone converting ftrace before agreement 
> on text_poke_bp() is reached and jump labels are converted.

Note, there's also debug output that ftrace prints when things go wrong.
As really strange things can happen when things don't work, those debug
prints are crucial, and I don't want to lose them.

But we'll discuss that after we get this first round in.

-- Steve


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