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[Bug kprobes/10017] kernel panic/issues with 2.6.29 + merge window version


------- Additional Comments From mhiramat at redhat dot com  2009-03-31 12:37 -------
(In reply to comment #4)
> Oops! Current upstream tree has the gs enablement patch in pt_regs, but doesn't
> have Masami's fix for gs in kprobes. That's possibly the reason.

Indeed, this must cause reported problem, because the stack address will be moved
one entry. This means that any attempt to access to local variable from kretprobes
may refer to another variable.


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