Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754007Ab2J1Rio (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:38:44 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:52051 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753917Ab2J1Ril (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:38:41 -0400 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:39:00 +0100 From: Oleg Nesterov To: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli , Sebastian Andrzej Siewior , Srikar Dronamraju Cc: Anton Arapov , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Ingo Molnar , Peter Zijlstra , Rabin Vincent , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 0/4] uprobes: Kill arch_uprobe_enable/disable_step() hooks Message-ID: <20121028173900.GA14621@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 636 Lines: 19 Hello. arch_uprobe_enable/disable_step() were only needed to not break the pending powerpc port. They buy nothing and they are simply wrong. Uprobes should not use ptrace helpers for the stepping. Now that powepc port was merged we should kill them asap, before arm port. 1/4 is minor/offtopic cleanup. powerpc changes were not tested at all and thus need the review from Ananth. Oleg. -- 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/