Re: [PATCH 0/4 update] kprobes and traps

2007-01-17 Thread S. P. Prasanna
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 04:27:40PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > Hi, > > I have looked at kprobes code and have some questions for you. I would really > like to use it to patch dynamically my marker immediate value by doing code > patching. Using an int3 seems like the right way to handle

Re: [PATCH 0/4 update] kprobes and traps

2007-01-17 Thread S. P. Prasanna
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 04:27:40PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: Hi, I have looked at kprobes code and have some questions for you. I would really like to use it to patch dynamically my marker immediate value by doing code patching. Using an int3 seems like the right way to handle this wrt

Re: [PATCH 0/4 update] kprobes and traps

2007-01-16 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
Hi, I have looked at kprobes code and have some questions for you. I would really like to use it to patch dynamically my marker immediate value by doing code patching. Using an int3 seems like the right way to handle this wrt pIII erratum 49. Everything is ok, except for a limitation important

Re: [PATCH 0/4 update] kprobes and traps

2007-01-16 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
Hi, I have looked at kprobes code and have some questions for you. I would really like to use it to patch dynamically my marker immediate value by doing code patching. Using an int3 seems like the right way to handle this wrt pIII erratum 49. Everything is ok, except for a limitation important