Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261654AbVDREmj (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:42:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261665AbVDREmi (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:42:38 -0400 Received: from nevyn.them.org ([66.93.172.17]:4232 "EHLO nevyn.them.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261654AbVDREmb (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:42:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:42:23 -0400 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Takashi Ikebe Cc: Chris Wedgwood , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH x86_64] Live Patching Function on 2.6.11.7 Message-ID: <20050418044223.GB15002@nevyn.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Takashi Ikebe , Chris Wedgwood , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <4263275A.2020405@lab.ntt.co.jp> <20050418040718.GA31163@taniwha.stupidest.org> <4263356D.9080007@lab.ntt.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4263356D.9080007@lab.ntt.co.jp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 715 Lines: 17 On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 01:19:57PM +0900, Takashi Ikebe wrote: > GDB based approach seems not fit to our requirements. GDB(ptrace) based > functions are basically need to be done when target process is stopping. > In addition to that current PTRACE_PEEK/POKE* allows us to copy only a > *word* size... While true, this is easily fixable. There is even an interface precedent on OpenBSD (and possibly other platforms as well). -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC - 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/