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Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers
- From: Andrew Morton <akpm at osdl dot org>
- To: Martin Bligh <mbligh at google dot com>
- Cc: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at redhat dot com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo at elte dot hu>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu dot desnoyers at polymtl dot ca>, Paul Mundt <lethal at linux-sh dot org>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>, Jes Sorensen <jes at sgi dot com>, Tom Zanussi <zanussi at us dot ibm dot com>, Richard J Moore <richardj_moore at uk dot ibm dot com>, Michel Dagenais <michel dot dagenais at polymtl dot ca>, Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at suse dot de>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix dot de>, William Cohen <wcohen at redhat dot com>, ltt-dev at shafik dot org, systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk dot ukuu dot org dot uk>
- Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:39:35 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers
- References: <20060918234502.GA197@Krystal> <20060919081124.GA30394@elte.hu> <451008AC.6030006@google.com> <20060919154612.GU3951@redhat.com> <4510151B.5070304@google.com>
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:04:43 -0700
Martin Bligh <mbligh@google.com> wrote:
> It seems like all we'd need to do
> is "list all references to function, freeze kernel, update all
> references, continue"
"overwrite first 5 bytes of old function with `jmp new_function'".