Re: [patch] x86_64 specific function return probes

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 01:58:50PM -0700, Rusty Lynch wrote:
> The following patch adds the x86_64 architecture specific implementation

[....]

Thanks for the long description.

but...

> +struct task_struct  *arch_get_kprobe_task(void *ptr)
> +{
> +	return ((struct thread_info *) (((unsigned long) ptr) &
> +					(~(THREAD_SIZE -1))))->task;
> +}

and


> +	tsk = arch_get_kprobe_task(sara);


This is still wrong when the code is not executing on the process
stack, but on a interrupt/Exception stack. Any reason you cannot
just use current here?

-Andi
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