Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] uprobes/powerpc: Introduce routines forsave/restore context

From: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
Date: Mon Dec 03 2012 - 10:16:10 EST


On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 08:39:35PM +0530, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:
> From: Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Introduce routines for saving and restoring the context
> befre/after the single step. No functional changes involved.
>
> These will be extended later to save/restore more info about
> the process once we replace the ptrace helpers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K. Poulose <suzuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
> index bc77834..1a62353 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/uprobes.c
> @@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ int arch_uprobe_analyze_insn(struct arch_uprobe *auprobe,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static void uprobe_save_context_sstep(struct arch_uprobe_task *autask)
> +{
> + autask->saved_trap_nr = current->thread.trap_nr;
> +}
> +
> +static void uprobe_restore_context_sstep(struct arch_uprobe_task *autask)
> +{
> + current->thread.trap_nr = autask->saved_trap_nr;
> +}

Can't the two above be inline?

Ananth

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