linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/kprobes: Use probe

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Date:   Mon, 8 Jun 2020 22:53:20 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/kprobes: Use probe_address() to read instructions

On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 03:28:38PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:02:10 +0000 (UTC), Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > In order to avoid Oopses, use probe_address() to read the
> > instruction at the address where the trap happened.
> 
> Applied to powerpc/next.
> 
> [1/1] powerpc/kprobes: Use probe_address() to read instructions
>       https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/9ed5df69b79a22b40b20bc2132ba2495708b19c4

probe_addresss has been renamed to get_kernel_nofault in the -mm
queue that Andrew sent off to Linus last night.