From: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>,
Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] uprobes: Do not (ab)use TIF_SINGLESTEP/user_*_single_step() for single-stepping
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 13:19:04 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120908074904.GS30238@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120907155057.GA1669@redhat.com>
* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> [2012-09-07 17:50:57]:
> On 09/07, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> >
> > Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Thanks!
>
> (and thanks, I'll fix the typo in 2/7 you pointed out)
>
> > > void arch_uprobe_enable_step(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe)
> > > {
> > > - struct uprobe_task *utask = current->utask;
> > > - struct arch_uprobe_task *autask = &utask->autask;
> > > + struct task_struct *task = current;
> >
> > Any particular reason to use task instead of current?
>
> No particular reason, and I think in this case asm will be the same.
>
> Please let me know if you prefer to remove this variable, I'll redo
> this patch.
No, the patch is fine.
I have no problem with the additional variable, I was just curious if
you had any other plans that needed that a exta variable that alls.
--
thanks and regards
Srikar
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-08 7:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-03 15:25 [PATCH 0/7] uprobes: single-step fixes Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-03 15:25 ` [PATCH 1/7] uprobes: Introduce arch_uprobe_enable/disable_step() Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-07 14:57 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-09-03 15:26 ` [PATCH 2/7] uprobes: x86: Implement x86 specific arch_uprobe_*_step Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-07 14:59 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-09-03 15:26 ` [PATCH 3/7] ptrace: Introduce set_task_blockstep() helper Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-07 15:00 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-09-03 15:26 ` [PATCH 4/7] ptrace: Partly fix set_task_blockstep()->update_debugctlmsr() logic Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-07 15:14 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-09-10 16:57 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2012-09-10 17:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-09-10 17:27 ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-03 15:26 ` [PATCH 5/7] uprobes: Do not (ab)use TIF_SINGLESTEP/user_*_single_step() for single-stepping Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-07 15:11 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-09-07 15:50 ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-08 7:49 ` Srikar Dronamraju [this message]
2012-09-03 15:26 ` [PATCH 6/7] uprobes: Xol should send SIGTRAP if X86_EFLAGS_TF was set Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-12 12:08 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-09-12 14:45 ` Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-03 15:26 ` [PATCH 7/7] uprobes: Make arch_uprobe_task->saved_trap_nr "unsigned int" Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-12 12:27 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-09-08 17:06 ` [PATCH 0/7] uprobes: single-step fixes Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-12 12:33 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-09-08 17:06 ` [PATCH 8/7] uprobes: Fix arch_uprobe_disable_step() && UTASK_SSTEP_TRAPPED interaction Oleg Nesterov
2012-09-12 12:36 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2012-09-10 16:57 ` [PATCH 0/7] uprobes: single-step fixes Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
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