linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc: fix some typos

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Date:	Mon, 16 Sep 2013 09:42:02 +0800
From:	Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
CC:	<benh@...nel.crashing.org>, <rob@...dley.net>, <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	<anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: fix some typos

On 2013/9/15 0:49, Randy Dunlap wrote:

> On 09/13/13 20:49, Xishi Qiu wrote:
> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/kprobes.txt b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
>> index 0cfb00f..ca278d5 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/kprobes.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/kprobes.txt
>> @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ stack contents as the probed function.  When it is done, the handler
>>  calls jprobe_return(), which traps again to restore the original stack
>>  contents and processor state and switch to the probed function.
>>  
>> -By convention, the callee owns its arguments, so gcc may produce code
> 
> Are you sure about that?
> It looks correct to me (before the patch).
>

Hi Randy, you are right, I confused caller and callee.

Thanks,
Xishi Qiu

>> +By convention, the caller owns its arguments, so gcc may produce code
>>  that unexpectedly modifies that portion of the stack.  This is why
>>  Kprobes saves a copy of the stack and restores it after the jprobe
>>  handler has run.  Up to MAX_STACK_SIZE bytes are copied -- e.g.,
>>
> 
> 



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