Re: [PATCHv2] kprobes: Introduce is_kprobe_fault()

From: Paul Mackerras
Date: Tue Jan 08 2008 - 17:46:18 EST


Harvey Harrison writes:

> Use a central is_kprobe_fault() inline in kprobes.h to remove all
> of the arch-dependant, practically identical implementations in
> avr32, ia64, powerpc, s390, sparc64, and x86.

I don't like the name "is_kprobe_fault" since the function actually
handles the fault - i.e. it does more than just tell the caller
whether this is a kprobes fault. Something like
"handle_kprobes_fault" or "maybe_handle_kprobes_fault" would be
better IMO.

Paul.
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