Re: [PATCH 12/15] ftrace: Return record ip addr for ftrace_location()

[Masami Hiramatsu]

(2012/05/18 22:09), Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ftrace_location() is passed an addr, and returns 1 if the addr is
> on a ftrace nop (or caller to ftrace_caller), and 0 otherwise.
> 
> To let kprobes know if it should move a breakpoint or not, itH
> must return the actual addr that is the start of the ftrace nop.
> This way a kprobe placed on the location of a ftrace nop, can
> instead be placed on the instruction after the nop. Even if the
> probe addr is on the second or later byte of the nop, it can
> simply be moved forward.
> 
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

This looks good to me:)

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

P.S.
 Steven, ftrace-based optimization is under development with both
 i386/x86-64 support :)

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Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx
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