Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] x86: Allow breakpoints to emulate call functions

On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org wrote:

So what is it that doesn't actually work? I've looked at the patch even more, and I can't for the life of me see how it wouldn't work.

And I do still react to PeterZ's

arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------

vs

arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 7 ++++++-

for mine. And PeterZ's apparently still had bugs.

Yes, mine can have bugs too, but I really *have* done some basic testing, and with 6 lines of code, I think they are more localized.

Linus