Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers

From: Frank Ch. Eigler
Date: Wed Sep 20 2006 - 14:09:33 EST


Hi -

On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 01:21:52PM -0400, Karim Yaghmour wrote:

> [...] IOW, we should be able to do what Martin suggests fairly
> easily (if we agree on a 5-byte "null" jump at the entry of
> functions of interest). Right? [...]

My interpretation of Martin's Monday proposal is that, if implemented,
we wouldn't need any of this nop/int3 stuff. If function being
instrumented were recompiled on-the-fly, then it could sport plain &
direct C-level calls to the instrumentation handlers.

- FChE

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