Re: [PATCH 1/4] uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless task_pt_regs()calls

From: Srikar Dronamraju
Date: Thu Apr 04 2013 - 10:30:14 EST


* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> [2013-03-29 19:15:40]:

> uprobe_trace_func() and uprobe_perf_func() do not need task_pt_regs(),
> we already have "struct pt_regs *regs".
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Adding Masami in the cc.

> ---
> kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 4 ++--
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
> index 8dad2a9..af5b773 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
> @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ static int uprobe_trace_func(struct trace_uprobe *tu, struct pt_regs *regs)
> return 0;
>
> entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
> - entry->ip = instruction_pointer(task_pt_regs(current));
> + entry->ip = instruction_pointer(regs);
> data = (u8 *)&entry[1];
> for (i = 0; i < tu->nr_args; i++)
> call_fetch(&tu->args[i].fetch, regs, data + tu->args[i].offset);
> @@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static int uprobe_perf_func(struct trace_uprobe *tu, struct pt_regs *regs)
> if (!entry)
> goto out;
>
> - entry->ip = instruction_pointer(task_pt_regs(current));
> + entry->ip = instruction_pointer(regs);
> data = (u8 *)&entry[1];
> for (i = 0; i < tu->nr_args; i++)
> call_fetch(&tu->args[i].fetch, regs, data + tu->args[i].offset);
> --
> 1.5.5.1
>

--
Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju

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