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RE: [PATCH] Kprobes- robust fault handling for i386
- From: "Keshavamurthy, Anil S" <anil dot s dot keshavamurthy at intel dot com>
- To: <prasanna at in dot ibm dot com>, <systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:44:18 -0800
- Subject: RE: [PATCH] Kprobes- robust fault handling for i386
>Hi,
>
>Below is the prototype for robust fault handling, as of now
>this patch is for i386 architecture and should be easily
>ported to other architectures. Your comments and suggestions
>are welcome.
Since you are modifying the stack address
(*sara = kcb->handler_retaddr) to return to {pre/post}_handlers,
not sure how easily this can be ported to architectures like
IA64 and PPC64 which are register based architecture.
Cheers,
-Anil