[PATCH -tip v9 00/26] kprobes: introduce NOKPROBE_SYMBOL, bugfixes and scalbility efforts

[Masami Hiramatsu]

(2014/04/17 17:37), Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> wrote:
> 
>> Masami Hiramatsu (26):
>>       [BUGFIX]kprobes/x86: Fix page-fault handling logic
>>       kprobes/x86: Allow to handle reentered kprobe on singlestepping
>>       kprobes: Prohibit probing on .entry.text code
>>       kprobes: Introduce NOKPROBE_SYMBOL() macro for blacklist
>>       [BUGFIX] kprobes/x86: Prohibit probing on debug_stack_*
>>       [BUGFIX] x86: Prohibit probing on native_set_debugreg/load_idt
>>       [BUGFIX] x86: Prohibit probing on thunk functions and restore
> 
> Ok, the whole series is looking pretty good now.
> 
> Can I apply the 4 bugfixes first, or do the last 3 bugfixes depend on 
> the 3 non-bugfixes patches before them in any way?

Right, the last 3 bugfixes depends on NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(), so you can
apply only the first patch...

Thank you,

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo
> 


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Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Research Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com