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[Bug uprobes/10836] uprobes-provided pt_regs* are unreliable


------- Additional Comments From fche at redhat dot com  2009-10-28 16:56 -------
(In reply to comment #6)

> [...] For the registers that SystemTap actually references, would the pointer 
> provided by task_pt_regs() be sufficient?

For sake of print_regs(), unwinding, or general dwarf-based (eg. fbreg-relative)
$context variable access, it looks like utrace signal pt_regs == task_pt_regs ==
not accurate.  So we do have a pervasive problem.


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