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SubjectRe: [PATCH -tip v6 04/11] kprobes: Jump optimization sysctl interface
Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Masami Hiramatsu<mhiramat@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> Add /proc/sys/debug/kprobes-optimization sysctl which enables and disables
>> kprobes jump optimization on the fly for debugging.
>>
>> Changes in v6:
>> - Update comments and coding style.
>>
>
> This will break when it hits the linux-next. As ctl_name has been
> removed in the sysctl tree. Not setting ctl_name is equivalent
> to setting ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED. It is 0 in both cases.
> So you can safely drop touches of ctl_name.
>
> Ideally you would also call register_sysctl_paths from kernel/kprobes.c
> and not add to the ifdef horror that is kernel/sysctl.c but that
> is probably more trouble than it is worth right now. One way or
> another there is going to be at least a minor conflict when this code
> merges with the sysctl tree.

Thanks for telling me!
OK, so I'll remove that line.

Thank you,

>> #include<asm/uaccess.h>
>> #include<asm/processor.h>
>> @@ -1621,6 +1622,18 @@ static struct ctl_table debug_table[] = {
>> .proc_handler = proc_dointvec
>> },
>> #endif
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_OPTPROBES)
>> + {
>> + .ctl_name = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Please remove this line.
>> + .procname = "kprobes-optimization",
>> + .data =&sysctl_kprobes_optimization,
>> + .maxlen = sizeof(int),
>> + .mode = 0644,
>> + .proc_handler = proc_kprobes_optimization_handler,
>> + .extra1 =&zero,
>> + .extra2 =&one,
>> + },
>> +#endif
>> { .ctl_name = 0 }
>> };
>
>
> Eric
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Masami Hiramatsu

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Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

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