Re: [PATCH -tip v3 5/7] x86: kprobes: Ignore break_handler

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Fri May 18 2018 - 08:46:13 EST


On Fri, 18 May 2018 08:26:38 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> * Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Remove break_handler related code since that was used
> > only for jprobe and jprobe is removed now.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/common.h | 10 ----------
> > arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 13 ++-----------
> > arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/ftrace.c | 16 ++--------------
> > 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>
> Even after this change there's a stale reference to ->break_handler():
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/kprobes.h: * a post_handler or break_handler).
>
> Please use 'git grep'!

Oops, I missed it. Thank you, I'll use git-grep next time.

>
> Also, there's no reason to send an incomplete series: please remove _all_
> ->break_handler() references so that it's 100% gone! The pain of having and not
> having ->break_handler() is completely unnecessary.

Would you mean a single patch for all arch?
I'm currently has arch-separated patches for removing it. Should I fold those?

Thank you,

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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>