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Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:30:13 +0530
From: "Abhishek Sagar" <sagar.abhishek@gmail.com>
To: "Jim Keniston" <jkenisto@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] kprobes: Add user entry-handler in kretprobes
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On Nov 15, 2007 4:21 AM, Jim Keniston <jkenisto@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 2. Simplify the task of correlating data (e.g., timestamps) between
> function entry and function return.

Would adding of data and len fields in ri help? Instead of "pouching"
data in one go at registration time, this would let user handlers do
the allocation and allow them to use different kinds of data
structures per-instance.

- Abhishek Sagar