> But seriously, considering patch slot 1 instruction with bits slot1[40:18] > (which is nicely contained within the upper 8-byte of a bundle). The encoding > for break instruction takes [40:27], and it left you with 9 bits to encode > immediate value (actually 10 because bit 36 is also part of immediate value). > With that, kprobe on slot1 can be extended to all CPU, not just montecito. Sounds like with some careful trickery (and choice of break value ranges) you might well be able to *insert* the breakpoint in slot1 with only 8-byte atomic operations. But I can't see how you plan to *remove* the breakpoint and restore the original instruction. -Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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