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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] utrace core
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On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 14:46 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 11:08:54AM -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > > Why does it depend on MODULES?
> >
> > Because otherwise it's not adding anything new anyone can use.
>
> It doesn't add anything new to use either way
>
> > > Does this mean that when ptrace is switched to using the utrace engines,
> > > non-modular kernels will have to lack ptrace(2)?
> >
> > No. If that were done, then it would be:
> > depends on MODULE || PTRACE
> > or suchlike.
> >
> > > Is there anything in the code that actually breaks without
> > > CONFIG_MODULES?
> >
> > No.
>
> In which case you should just remove this bogus (non-)dependency.

+1

Petr Tesarik

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