Re: [PATCH 0/3] OPTPROBES for powerpc

2016-09-08 Thread Masami Hiramatsu
Hi Anju, On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 15:03:09 +0530 Anju T Sudhakar wrote: > This is the patchset of the kprobes jump optimization > (a.k.a OPTPROBES)for powerpc. Kprobe being an inevitable tool > for kernel developers, enhancing the performance of kprobe has > got much

[PATCH 0/3] OPTPROBES for powerpc

2016-09-07 Thread Anju T Sudhakar
This is the patchset of the kprobes jump optimization (a.k.a OPTPROBES)for powerpc. Kprobe being an inevitable tool for kernel developers, enhancing the performance of kprobe has got much importance. Currently kprobes inserts a trap instruction to probe a running kernel. Jump optimization allows