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SubjectRe: [1/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches
On 6/21/07, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> Well, for 2.6.22, Kprobes will just be disabled if you use DEBUG_RODATA.
>
> And yes, that patch already got merged. However, the patch to *allow*
> Kprobes with DEBUG_RODATA is not, and will not be. It's not a regression,
> and quite frankly, I don't think I would even want that patch.
>
> Kprobes fundamntally disagrees with DEBUG_RODATA, there's no point in
> "working around it". Better just admit it.
>
> Linus
>
It depends on the purpose of DEBUG_RODATA. If DEBUG_RODATA was for
security reasons then I agree, but it seems to be more to catch
accidental writes. Kprobes isn't an accidental write and I would
suspect many developers would want to catch accidental writes and be
able to insert kprobes.

Or is there something else I'm missing - i.e. you're saying the patch
itself is crap?

Ian

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