Re: [PATCH V1 0/5] riscv: Add k/uprobe supported

From: Pekka Enberg
Date: Sat Jul 04 2020 - 14:31:14 EST


Hi Guo,

On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 6:34 AM <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > There is no single step exception in riscv ISA, so utilize ebreak to
> > > simulate. Some pc related instructions couldn't be executed out of line
> > > and some system/fence instructions couldn't be a trace site at all.
> > > So we give out a reject list and simulate list in decode-insn.c.

On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 2:40 PM Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? Why would you need a
> > single-step facility for kprobes? Is it for executing the instruction
> > that was replaced with a probe breakpoint?

On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 5:55 PM Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's the single-step exception, not single-step facility!

Aah, right, I didn't read the specification carefully enough. Thanks
for taking the time to clarify this!

FWIW, for the whole series:

Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>

- Pekka