Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261275AbVDQGt6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:49:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261276AbVDQGt6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:49:58 -0400 Received: from dsl027-180-174.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.174]:10649 "EHLO cheetah.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261275AbVDQGt4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:49:56 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:44:39 -0700 From: "David S. Miller" To: Takashi Ikebe Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386 & x86_64: Live Patching Funcion on 2.6.11.7 Message-Id: <20050416234439.5464e188.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <4261DC62.1070300@lab.ntt.co.jp> References: <4261DC62.1070300@lab.ntt.co.jp> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; sparc-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Face: "_;p5u5aPsO,_Vsx"^v-pEq09'CU4&Dc1$fQExov$62l60cgCc%FnIwD=.UF^a>?5'9Kn[;433QFVV9M..2eN.@4ZWPGbdi<=?[:T>y?SD(R*-3It"Vj:)"dP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 662 Lines: 17 Takashi-san, have you ever investigated using kprobes to implement this feature? It seems a perfect fit, and would allow support on several architectures other than just x86 and x86_64. If kprobes does not meet your needs completely, it could be trivially extended to do so. I think implementing something like this from scratch is not a good idea when we have much of the needed logic and infrastructure already. - 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/