From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, int-list-linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Jim Keniston <jkenisto@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, SystemTap <systemtap@sources.redhat.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 0/20] 0: Inode based uprobes Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:07:56 +0530 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20110315113756.GX24254@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1103151158220.2787@localhost6.localdomain6> > > > uprobes and then draft a proposal for how the syscall should look. > > There are still some areas on how we should be allowing the > > filter, and what restrictions we should place on the syscall > > defined handler. I would like to hear from you and others on your > > ideas for the same. If you have ideas on doing it other than using a > > syscall then please do let me know about the same. > > I don't think that anything else than a proper syscall interface is > going to work out. Okay, > > > I know that getting the user interface right is very important. > > However I think it kind of depends on what the infrastructure can > > provide too. So if we can decide on the kernel ABI and the > > underlying design (i.e can we use replace_page() based background page > > replacement, Are there issues with the Xol slot based mechanism that > > we are using, etc), we can work towards providing a stable User ABI that > > even normal users can use. For now I am concentrating on getting the > > underlying infrastructure correct. > > Fair enough. I'll go through the existing patchset and comment there. > Thanks for taking a look at the code. Look forward for your comments. -- Thanks and Regards Srikar
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From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, int-list-linux-mm@kvack.orglinux-mm@kvack.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Jim Keniston <jkenisto@linux.vnet.ibm.com>, SystemTap <systemtap@sources.redhat.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 0/20] 0: Inode based uprobes Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:07:56 +0530 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20110315113756.GX24254@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1103151158220.2787@localhost6.localdomain6> > > > uprobes and then draft a proposal for how the syscall should look. > > There are still some areas on how we should be allowing the > > filter, and what restrictions we should place on the syscall > > defined handler. I would like to hear from you and others on your > > ideas for the same. If you have ideas on doing it other than using a > > syscall then please do let me know about the same. > > I don't think that anything else than a proper syscall interface is > going to work out. Okay, > > > I know that getting the user interface right is very important. > > However I think it kind of depends on what the infrastructure can > > provide too. So if we can decide on the kernel ABI and the > > underlying design (i.e can we use replace_page() based background page > > replacement, Are there issues with the Xol slot based mechanism that > > we are using, etc), we can work towards providing a stable User ABI that > > even normal users can use. For now I am concentrating on getting the > > underlying infrastructure correct. > > Fair enough. I'll go through the existing patchset and comment there. > Thanks for taking a look at the code. Look forward for your comments. -- Thanks and Regards Srikar -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-15 11:43 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 200+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2011-03-14 13:34 [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 0/20] 0: Inode based uprobes Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:34 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:34 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 1/20] 1: mm: Move replace_page() to mm/memory.c Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:34 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 14:16 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 14:16 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 17:02 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 17:02 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 17:13 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 17:13 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 17:29 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 17:29 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:34 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 2/20] 2: X86 specific breakpoint definitions Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:34 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:34 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 3/20] 3: uprobes: Breakground page replacement Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:34 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 15:29 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 15:29 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 15:38 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 15:38 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 17:24 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 17:24 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 18:21 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 18:21 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 18:22 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 18:22 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 16:58 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-14 16:58 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-14 17:30 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 17:30 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 13:22 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 13:22 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 17:51 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 17:51 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 18:03 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 18:03 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 18:07 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 18:07 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:34 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 4/20] 4: uprobes: Adding and remove a uprobe in a rb tree Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:34 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 13:38 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 13:38 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 13:43 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 13:43 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 17:30 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 17:30 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 19:22 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 19:22 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 19:48 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-15 19:48 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-15 22:42 ` Eric Dumazet 2011-03-15 22:42 ` Eric Dumazet 2011-03-16 7:54 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-16 7:54 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-14 13:34 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 5/20] 5: Uprobes: register/unregister probes Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:34 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 16:00 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 16:00 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-14 17:32 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 17:32 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 14:28 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 14:28 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 17:15 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 17:15 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 17:47 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 17:47 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 17:50 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-15 17:50 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-15 18:04 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 18:04 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 18:15 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-15 18:15 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-18 18:53 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-18 18:53 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 18:15 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 18:15 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-14 13:35 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 6/20] 6: x86: analyze instruction and determine fixups Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:35 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 14:36 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 14:36 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-18 18:24 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-18 18:24 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-18 18:36 ` Roland McGrath 2011-03-18 18:36 ` Roland McGrath 2011-03-18 18:49 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-18 18:49 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-18 19:07 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-18 19:07 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-18 19:10 ` Roland McGrath 2011-03-18 19:10 ` Roland McGrath 2011-03-14 13:35 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 7/20] 7: uprobes: store/restore original instruction Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:35 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 18:09 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-14 18:09 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-15 9:22 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 9:22 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 13:47 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 13:47 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 16:15 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-15 16:15 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-15 16:17 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 16:17 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 16:21 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 16:21 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 17:57 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-15 17:57 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-15 18:58 ` Balbir Singh 2011-03-15 18:58 ` Balbir Singh 2011-03-15 19:30 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-15 19:30 ` Peter Zijlstra 2011-03-15 19:32 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 19:32 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-16 5:51 ` Balbir Singh 2011-03-16 5:51 ` Balbir Singh 2011-03-16 17:40 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-16 17:40 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 14:41 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 14:41 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 16:25 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 16:25 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:35 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 8/20] 8: uprobes: mmap and fork hooks Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:35 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:35 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 9/20] 9: x86: architecture specific task information Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:35 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 10/20] 10: uprobes: task specific information Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 11/20] 11: uprobes: slot allocation for uprobes Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 19:10 ` Jonathan Corbet 2011-03-15 19:10 ` Jonathan Corbet 2011-03-16 4:58 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-16 4:58 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 20:31 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-15 20:31 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-16 4:50 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-16 4:50 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 12/20] 12: uprobes: get the breakpoint address Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 13/20] 13: x86: x86 specific probe handling Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 14/20] 14: uprobes: Handing int3 and singlestep exception Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 15/20] 15: x86: uprobes exception notifier for x86 Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:36 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:37 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 16/20] 16: uprobes: register a notifier for uprobes Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:37 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 19:56 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-15 19:56 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-18 19:28 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-18 19:28 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:37 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 17/20] 17: uprobes: filter chain Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:37 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 19:49 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-15 19:49 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-18 19:16 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-18 19:16 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-18 22:10 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-18 22:10 ` Stephen Wilson 2011-03-14 13:37 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 18/20] 18: uprobes: commonly used filters Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:37 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:37 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 19/20] 19: tracing: Extract out common code for kprobes/uprobes traceevents Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:37 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:37 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 20/20] 20: tracing: uprobes trace_event interface Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 13:37 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-14 23:30 ` [PATCH v2 2.6.38-rc8-tip 0/20] 0: Inode based uprobes Andrew Morton 2011-03-14 23:30 ` Andrew Morton 2011-03-14 23:47 ` Andi Kleen 2011-03-14 23:47 ` Andi Kleen 2011-03-15 0:22 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 0:22 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 18:06 ` Andi Kleen 2011-03-15 18:06 ` Andi Kleen 2011-03-15 19:43 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 19:43 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 20:01 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 20:01 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 20:09 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 20:09 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 20:44 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 20:44 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-16 17:32 ` Tom Tromey 2011-03-16 17:32 ` Tom Tromey 2011-03-16 17:44 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-16 17:44 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-16 17:27 ` Tom Tromey 2011-03-16 17:27 ` Tom Tromey 2011-03-15 1:13 ` Frank Ch. Eigler 2011-03-15 1:13 ` Frank Ch. Eigler 2011-03-15 1:35 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 1:35 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 5:21 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 5:21 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 11:02 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 11:02 ` Thomas Gleixner 2011-03-15 11:37 ` Srikar Dronamraju [this message] 2011-03-15 11:37 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 1:57 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 1:57 ` Srikar Dronamraju 2011-03-15 2:52 ` Steven Rostedt 2011-03-15 2:52 ` Steven Rostedt
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