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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>,
	utrace-devel <utrace-devel@redhat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>,
	Maneesh Soni <maneesh@in.ibm.com>, Mark Wielaard <mjw@redhat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 3/7] Execution out of line (XOL)
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:07:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1263546455.4244.348.camel@laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1263508997.4875.32.camel@localhost.localdomain>

On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 14:43 -0800, Jim Keniston wrote:
> 
> Yeah, there's not a lot of context there.  I hope it will make more
> sense if you read section 1.1 of Documentation/uprobes.txt (patch #6).
> Or look at get_insn_slot() in kprobes, and understand that we're trying
> to do something similar in uprobes, where the instruction copies have to
> reside in the user address space of the probed process.

That's not the point, changelogs shoulnd not be this cryptic. They
should be stand alone and descriptive of what, why and how.

If you can't be bothered writing such for something you want reviewed
for inclusion then I might not be bothered looking at them at all.


  reply	other threads:[~2010-01-15  9:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 158+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-11 12:25 [RFC] [PATCH 0/7] UBP, XOL and Uprobes Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-11 12:25 ` [RFC] [PATCH 1/7] User Space Breakpoint Assistance Layer (UBP) Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-14 11:08   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-14 19:46     ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-15  9:02       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 21:07         ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-15 21:49           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-16  0:58             ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-16 10:33               ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-17  0:12               ` Bryan Donlan
2010-01-18  7:37                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-17 14:37               ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-15  9:03       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15  9:38         ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2010-01-15  9:50           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 10:10             ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2010-01-15 10:13               ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 10:22                 ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2010-01-15 10:56                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 11:02                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 21:19             ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-17 14:39             ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-17 14:52               ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-17 14:56                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-17 15:01                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-20 12:55                     ` Pavel Machek
2010-01-17 14:59                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-17 15:03                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-17 19:33                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-18  7:45                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-18 11:01                         ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-18 11:44                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-18 12:01                             ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-18 12:06                               ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-18 12:09                                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-18 12:13                                   ` Pekka Enberg
2010-01-18 12:17                                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-18 12:24                                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-18 12:24                                       ` Pekka Enberg
2010-01-18 12:44                                       ` Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-18 12:51                                         ` Pekka Enberg
2010-01-18 12:53                                           ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-18 12:57                                             ` Pekka Enberg
2010-01-18 13:06                                               ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-18 22:15                                               ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-19  8:07                                                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-19 17:47                                                   ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-19 18:06                                                     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-20  6:36                                                       ` Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-20 10:51                                                         ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-20 19:31                                                       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2010-01-20  9:43                                                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-20  9:57                                                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-20 12:22                                                         ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-27  8:24                                                           ` Ingo Molnar
2010-01-27  8:35                                                             ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-27  9:08                                                               ` Ingo Molnar
2010-01-27  9:25                                                                 ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-27 10:23                                                                   ` Ingo Molnar
2010-02-07 13:47                                                                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-20 10:45                                                       ` Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-20 12:23                                                         ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-20 18:31                                                     ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-20 19:34                                                       ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-20 19:58                                                         ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-20 20:28                                                           ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-18 13:05                                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-18 13:34                                             ` Mark Wielaard
2010-01-18 19:49                                               ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-18 15:43                                     ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2010-01-18 16:52                                       ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-18 17:10                                         ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2010-01-18 12:14                                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-18 12:37                                     ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-18 13:15                                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-18 13:33                                         ` Avi Kivity
2010-01-18 13:34                                         ` K.Prasad
2010-01-20 15:57                                         ` Mel Gorman
2010-01-20 18:32                                     ` Andi Kleen
2010-01-18 11:45                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-11 12:25 ` [RFC] [PATCH 2/7] x86 support for UBP Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-11 12:25 ` [RFC] [PATCH 3/7] Execution out of line (XOL) Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-14 11:08   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-14 22:43     ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-15  9:07       ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2010-01-15 11:12         ` Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-15 20:18         ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-11 12:25 ` [RFC] [PATCH 4/7] Uprobes Implementation Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-12  2:01   ` Paul E. McKenney
2010-01-12  8:21     ` Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-12  5:36   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-12  8:14     ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2010-01-13  0:53       ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-14 11:12       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-12  8:54     ` Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-14 11:09   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-14 22:49     ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-15  9:10       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15  9:26         ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-01-15  9:35           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 13:10             ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-01-15 13:25               ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 13:38                 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-01-15 13:47                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 14:00                     ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-01-15 14:06                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 14:22                         ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-01-15 14:40                           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 14:20                     ` Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-15 14:25                       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 23:11                       ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-16 15:50                         ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-01-15 10:26         ` Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-15 10:33           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 11:05             ` Maneesh Soni
2010-01-15 11:12               ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 11:18                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 22:27                   ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-15 23:44                 ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-16 10:04                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 13:08             ` Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-15 13:16               ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-15 13:38                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-11 12:25 ` [RFC] [PATCH 5/7] X86 Support for Uprobes Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-14 11:13   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-14 23:07     ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-11 12:26 ` [RFC] [PATCH 6/7] Uprobes Documentation Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-11 12:26 ` [RFC] [PATCH 7/7] Ftrace plugin for Uprobes Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-12  4:54   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-12  5:08     ` Steven Rostedt
2010-01-12  5:44       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-12 19:12       ` Tim Bird
2010-01-13 21:58       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2010-01-13 22:12         ` Masami Hiramatsu
2010-01-13 23:36           ` Steven Rostedt
2010-01-12 18:54     ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-01-12 22:00       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2010-01-12 22:15         ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2010-01-12 22:30           ` Masami Hiramatsu
2010-01-14 11:23   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-14 11:29     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-14 12:16       ` Mark Wielaard
2010-01-14 12:19         ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-14 11:35     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-14 11:43       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-14 12:23         ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-14 12:29           ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-18 13:00             ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-01-11 14:35 ` [RFC] [PATCH 0/7] UBP, XOL and Uprobes Masami Hiramatsu
2010-01-11 22:59   ` Jim Keniston
2010-01-22  7:02 ` [RFC] [PATCH 0/7] UBP, XOL and Uprobes [ Summary of Comments and actions to be taken ] Srikar Dronamraju
2010-01-22  7:24   ` Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
2010-01-22 10:47     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-27  6:53     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-27  8:24       ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-22 18:06   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-01-22 18:36     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2010-01-22 23:55     ` Jim Keniston

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