Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/oprofile: down with test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32)

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Thu Apr 14 2016 - 15:30:20 EST


On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As we have here full register set - just use user_64bit_mode
> on it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
> index cb31a4440e58..405dadaee74a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/backtrace.c
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ x86_backtrace_32(struct pt_regs * const regs, unsigned int depth)
> struct stack_frame_ia32 *head;
>
> /* User process is IA32 */
> - if (!current || !test_thread_flag(TIF_IA32))
> + if (!current || user_64bit_mode(regs))

This is presumably okay, but I know nothing about oprofile.

> return 0;
>
> head = (struct stack_frame_ia32 *) regs->bp;
> --
> 2.8.0
>



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Andy Lutomirski
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