linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] powerpc: kprobes: emulate instructions on kprobe handler re-entry

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Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 22:48:04 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] powerpc: kprobes: emulate instructions on kprobe
 handler re-entry

On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:11:10 +1000
Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> wrote:

> "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > Excerpts from Masami Hiramatsu's message of April 19, 2017 20:13:
> >> 
> >> BTW, as I pointed, 5/7 and 6/7 should be merged since this actually
> >> makes meaningful change.
> >
> > Yes, sorry if I wasn't clear in my previous reply in the (!) previous 
> > patch series.
> >
> > Since this has to go through the powerpc tree, I followed this since I 
> > felt that Michael Ellerman prefers to keep functional changes separate 
> > from refactoring. I'm fine with either approach.
> >
> > Michael?
> 
> Yeah I'd definitely like this to be two patches. Otherwise when reading
> the combined diff it's much harder to see the change.

OK, let it be so.

Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>

Thanks,

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>