Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 May 2019 11:45:37 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] x86: Allow breakpoints to emulate call functions |
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On Tue, 7 May 2019 08:31:14 -0700 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> The reality is that changing something fundamental like the kernel > stack at this point for an architecture that will not change in the > future is silly.
x86_32 will no longer have updates, but will x86_64? And we will constantly be adding more work around hacks to handle the difference of the pt_regs in the future. I see Peter's patch easing that future pain.
> > The reality is that Peter's patch is much bigger than mine, because it > needed a lot of other changes *because* it did that change.
It was much bigger because it removed a lot of the work around hacks.
But you are the "benevolent dictator", and I don't see me changing your mind.
I'll go and implement it the way you like.
-- Steve
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