------- Comment From naveen.n....@in.ibm.com 2017-03-06 03:24 EDT------- As an update, there is an additional patch to be included to fix an issue we discovered recently: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?id=f558b37bf4c35a54e1949f6533f39c
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1585741 Title: [ubuntu 16.10] Enable OPTPROBES for powerpc Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Yakkety: Won't Fix Status in linux source package in Zesty: Fix Committed Bug description: This is a feature request for Ubuntu 16.10: Optimized kprobes support for powerpc : This feauture aims to enhance the performance of kprobes. Currently, whenever a probe is placed in the kernel using the kprobes infrastructure, it places a trap instruction at that place. This feature will replace the trap with a branch thereby reducing the probe overhead drastically. Patches to enable this are being sent : https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/17/513 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1585741/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
