Re: [PATCH] Fix kprobes handling of simultaneous probehit/unregister

[David S. Miller]

From: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 31 Aug 2005 14:53:37 -0700

> This bug doesn't exist on ppc64 and ia64, where a breakpoint
> instruction leaves the IP pointing to the beginning of the instruction.
> I don't know about sparc64.  (Dave, could you please advise?)

On sparc64 instructions are all 32-bit, 4-byte aligned, and a
breakpoint instruction leaves the PC pointing at the beginning of that
breakpoint instruction.

So I think sparc64 should be OK.
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