Re: [PATCH V2 0/4] OPTPROBES for powerpc

2016-12-16 Thread Naveen N. Rao
On 2016/12/17 01:46AM, Balbir Singh wrote: > > > On 15/12/16 03:18, Anju T Sudhakar wrote: > > This is the V2 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

Re: [PATCH V2 0/4] OPTPROBES for powerpc

2016-12-16 Thread Balbir Singh
On 15/12/16 03:18, Anju T Sudhakar wrote: > This is the V2 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 instru

[PATCH V2 0/4] OPTPROBES for powerpc

2016-12-14 Thread Anju T Sudhakar
This is the V2 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 allow