Re: [PATCH] kprobes: add the "tls" argument for j_do_fork

[Huang Shijie]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 01:58:12PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:16:40 +0800 Huang Shijie <shijie.huang@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > The patch "3033f14a clone: support passing tls argument via C rather ..."
> > added the tls argument for _do_fork(). The patch adds the "tls" argument
> > for j_do_fork to make it match  _do_fork().
> > 
> > ...
> >
> > --- a/samples/kprobes/jprobe_example.c
> > +++ b/samples/kprobes/jprobe_example.c
> > @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
> >  /* Proxy routine having the same arguments as actual _do_fork() routine */
> >  static long j_do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long stack_start,
> >  	      unsigned long stack_size, int __user *parent_tidptr,
> > -	      int __user *child_tidptr)
> > +	      int __user *child_tidptr, unsigned long tls)
> >  {
> >  	pr_info("jprobe: clone_flags = 0x%lx, stack_start = 0x%lx "
> >  		"stack_size = 0x%lx\n", clone_flags, stack_start, stack_size);
> 
> The changelog failed to tell us what are the runtime effects of this
> bug.  Please always include this info so that others can decide
> which kernel version(s) need fixing.
I really does not meet any issue with this bug, I just find it when i
read the code.

thanks
Huang Shijie