subject:"\[PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 005\/219\] kretprobes\: Ensure probe location is at function entry"

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 005/219] kretprobes: Ensure probe location is at function entry

2018-03-05 Thread Sasha Levin

On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 12:32:57PM +0530, Naveen N. Rao wrote: >Hi Sasha, > >Sasha Levin wrote: >>From: "Naveen N. Rao" >> >>[ Upstream commit 90ec5e89e393c76e19afc845d8f88a5dc8315919 ] >> > >Sorry if this is obvious, but why was this patch picked up for

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 005/219] kretprobes: Ensure probe location is at function entry

2018-03-04 Thread Naveen N. Rao

Hi Sasha, Sasha Levin wrote: From: "Naveen N. Rao" [ Upstream commit 90ec5e89e393c76e19afc845d8f88a5dc8315919 ] Sorry if this is obvious, but why was this patch picked up for -stable? I don't see the upstream commit tagging -stable, so curious why this

[PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 005/219] kretprobes: Ensure probe location is at function entry

2018-03-03 Thread Sasha Levin

From: "Naveen N. Rao" [ Upstream commit 90ec5e89e393c76e19afc845d8f88a5dc8315919 ] kretprobes can be registered by specifying an absolute address or by specifying offset to a symbol. However, we need to ensure this falls at function entry so as to be able to