Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: size in /proc/modules | Date | Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:44:21 +1100 |
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In message <20030120142703.GA58326@compsoc.man.ac.uk> you write: > > /proc/modules size field includes init_size in 2.5. Why ? > > The removal of sensible values in /proc/ksyms means that oprofile can no > longer attribute module samples reliably. The only information we have > is module_core address, and size == core_size+init_size. Since init code > is removed in sys_init_module, this will overestimate, and can lead to > overlapping with the start of another module, afaics. > > In 2.4, we had size(.text), which could underestimate (think > .text.exit), but that is not a big problem. > > Rusty, does this fall under another one of your "corner cases" ? (what I > would call "flaky code" ...) > > Or I have I just missed something obvious ?
Yes, line 1328 of kernel/module.c, by the sound of it 8)
I was thinking of you when I added this, actually.
Hope that helps! Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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