Re: [PATCH] MIPS: KProbes support v0.1

[David Daney <ddaney@caviumnetworks.com>]

On 06/08/2010 10:51 AM, Himanshu Chauhan wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for taking a look.
[...]
> > > +
> > > +#define BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION         0x0000000d
> > > +
> > > +/*
> > > + * We do not have hardware single-stepping on MIPS.
> > > + * So we implement software single-stepping with breakpoint
> > > + * trap 'break 5'.
> > > + */
> > > +#define BREAKPOINT_INSTRUCTION_2       0x0000014d
> > The BREAK codes are defined in asm/break.h  This should be added
> > there instead.
> >
> > Why do you use codes (0 and 5) that are already kind of reserved for
> > user space debuggers?
> As said ealier, this patch was based on some very older patch of 2.6.16 from
> Sony Corp, I didn't make much changes like this. But anyways, I wan't aware of
> this either. What would be the best code then?
How about allocating them after BRK_MEMU?  Say 515 and 516 or something 
like that.
David Daney