linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] kprobes: introduce weak variant of kprobe_exceptions

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Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2017 14:41:37 +1100
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        mhiramat@...nel.org, ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] kprobes: introduce weak variant of kprobe_exceptions_notify

"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> kprobe_exceptions_notify() is not used on some of the architectures such
> as arm[64] and powerpc anymore. Introduce a weak variant for such
> architectures.

I'll merge patch 1 & 3 via the powerpc tree for v4.11.

You can then send patch 2 to the arm guys after -rc1, or for 4.12.

cheers