Re: [PATCH] selftests/ftrace: Disable multiple_kprobes test on powerpc

[Naveen N. Rao]

Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> On Tue,  5 Jan 2021 12:27:30 +0530
> "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Not all symbols are blacklisted on powerpc. Disable multiple_kprobes
> > test until that is sorted, so that rest of ftrace and kprobe selftests
> > can be run.
>
> This looks good to me, but could you try to find the functions
> which should be blocked from kprobes?
> (Usually, the function which are involved in the sw-breakpoint
>  handling, including locks etc.)

Yes, we did add several blacklists some time back, but there has been 
quite a bit of churn in our entry code. I've been meaning to audit it 
for a while now, but this has been blocking tests. It would be nice to 
skip this test for now until I am able to spend some time on this.

Thanks,
Naveen