Re: [PATCH] paravirt.h

[Zachary Amsden]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Yes, after discussion with Rusty, it appears that beefing up 
> > stop_machine_run is the right way to go.  And it has benefits for 
> > non-paravirt code as well, such as allowing plug-in kprobes or oprofile 
> > extension modules to be loaded without having to deal with a debug 
> > exception or NMI during module load/unload.
> >     
>
> I'm still unclear where you think those debug exceptions will come from

kprobes set in the stop_machine code - which is probably a really bad 
idea, but nothing today actively stops kprobes from doing that.
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