Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755749Ab3GVNxJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jul 2013 09:53:09 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:52675 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753208Ab3GVNxI (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jul 2013 09:53:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:53:02 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Masami Hiramatsu , Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Steven Rostedt , Jason Baron , yrl.pp-manager.tt@hitachi.com, Borislav Petkov Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 3/3] x86: Remove unused text_poke_smp and text_poke_smp_batch In-Reply-To: <20130722102148.GB1148@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <20130718114738.26675.85914.stgit@mhiramat-M0-7522> <20130718114753.26675.18714.stgit@mhiramat-M0-7522> <20130722074339.GA25976@gmail.com> <20130722082104.GA26823@gmail.com> <51ECEF8D.60109@hitachi.com> <20130722100158.GB908@gmail.com> <51ED053C.1070105@hitachi.com> <20130722102148.GB1148@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2122 Lines: 52 On Mon, 22 Jul 2013, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > >>>> Hm, it does not build with the attached config: > > >>>> > > >>>> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c: In function 'setup_optimize_kprobe': > > >>>> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c:394:6: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type > > >>>> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c:395:6: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type > > >>>> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/opt.c:396:6: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type > > >>> > > >>> 32-bit appears to be the key pattern. > > >> > > >> Ingo, please make sure your x86/jumplabel tree picked all of my patches. > > >> This 3/3 strongly depends on the previous 1/3 and 2/3. > > >> Without it, kprobes/opt.c can not be build because it still uses the > > >> text_poke_params data structure which 3/3 removes. > > > > > > Yes I know, and it was on top of -tip which already had these included: > > > > > > 51b2c07b2226 x86: Make jump_label use int3-based patching > > > fd4363fff3d9 x86: Introduce int3 (breakpoint)-based instruction patching > > > > > > without these the third patch wouldn't even apply I think. > > > > No, I meant below two patches: > > kprobes/x86: Remove an incorrect comment about int3 in NMI/MCE > > kprobes/x86: Use text_poke_bp() instead of text_poke_smp*() > > > > Since the "setup_optimize_kprobe" in the error message is completely > > *removed* by the second one, the above error should not happen. > > Oh, indeed - I correctly applied them but then messed up the > cherry-picking, that's all. > > So never mind, it's all fine. Hi Ingo, x86/jumplabel branch still seems to contain only Masami's "kprobes/x86: Remove unused text_poke_smp() and text_poke_smp_batch() functions", with the the prerequisity patches missing, which effectively means it's broken ... are you planning to fix that up, please? Thanks, -- Jiri Kosina SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/