Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH][TRIVIAL] Allocate kprobe_table at runtime | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 27 Jun 2005 08:14:12 +0200 |
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Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@in.ibm.com> writes:
> Jeff, > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 06:37:29PM +0000, Jeff Sipek wrote: > > Allocates kprobe_table at runtime. > > - /* FIXME allocate the probe table, currently defined statically */ > > + kprobe_table = kmalloc(sizeof(struct hlist_head)*KPROBE_TABLE_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC); > > Memory allocation using GFP_KERNEL has more chances of success as compared to > GFP_ATOMIC. Why can't we use GFP_KERNEL here?
I don't see any sense in the change anyways. Just using BSS should be fine.
Jeff, when you submit a patch you should add a small blurb describing why you think it is a good idea.
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