Re: [RFC][PATCH -tip 7/9] tracing: kprobe-tracer plugin supports arguments

[Roland McGrath]

> A better option could be to generalize syscall_get_arguments() to work
> for functions other than just syscalls where pt_regs are available.

The syscall register argument passing conventions are disjoint from the
normal function calling ABI on some machines (x86).  You can't conflate them.


Thanks,
Roland

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