Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:28:07 +0530 | From | Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/7] kprobes: Remove called_from argument |
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 03:57:13PM -0500, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > Remove called_from argument from kprobes which had been used for preventing > self-refering of kernel module. However, since we don't keep module's refcount > after registering kprobe any more, there is no reason to check that. > > This patch also simplifies registering/unregistering functions because we don't > need to use __builtin_return_address(0) which was passed to called_from. > > Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com> > --- > kernel/kprobes.c | 70 +++++++++++-------------------------------------------- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
Subject to inclusion of the two-liner I sent out earlier today on top of this one (needed anyway to get this to compile)..
Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
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