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Re: [PATCH] Kprobes: Oops! in unregister_kprobe()

From: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna at in dot ibm dot com>
To: Jim Keniston <jkenisto at us dot ibm dot com>
Cc: SystemTAP <systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:36:08 +0530
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kprobes: Oops! in unregister_kprobe()
References: <20050411145719.GA18812@in.ibm.com> <1113241332.2298.107.camel@dyn9047018078.beaverton.ibm.com>
Reply-to: prasanna at in dot ibm dot com

> > 
> > kernel oops! when unregister_kprobe() is called on a non-registered
> > kprobe. This patch fixes the above problem by checking if the probe exists
> > before unregistering.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com>
> > 
> 
> This bug is a byproduct of the x86_64 wart described in
> http://sourceware.org/ml/systemtap/2005-q2/msg00059.html.
> 

Jim,

The problem addressed by this patch is not specific to x86_64. It occurs
on all architectures.

Thanks
Prasanna
-- 

Prasanna S Panchamukhi
Linux Technology Center
India Software Labs, IBM Bangalore
Ph: 91-80-25044636
<prasanna@in.ibm.com>

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