Hi Namhyung, On 11/12, Namhyung Kim wrote: > > Let me clarify what I understand. > > For @addr syntax: kernel does no translation and uses given address
Yes, > For @+addr syntax: user-space uses relative symbol address from a loaded > base address and kernel calculates the base address > using "current->utask->vaddr - tu->offset". Looks right to me. IOW, when user-space calculates the "addr" for @+ argument, it should assume that this binary will be mmaped at "NULL" (so that the virtual address of the probed function is always equal to its offset in the probed binary). Masami, Steven, et al, do you agree? Oleg. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
