Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Frederic Weisbecker <> | Subject | [PATCH 5/5] x86/hw-breakpoints: Remove the name field | Date | Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:25:33 +0100 |
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Remove the name field from the arch_hw_breakpoint. We never deal with target symbols in the arch level, neither do we need to ever store it. It's a legacy for the previous version of the x86 breakpoint backend.
Let's remove it.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> --- arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h | 1 - arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 7 ------- 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h index 0675a7c..2a1bd8f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_breakpoint.h @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ * (display/resolving) */ struct arch_hw_breakpoint { - char *name; /* Contains name of the symbol to set bkpt */ unsigned long address; u8 len; u8 type; diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c index dca2802..41e08df 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c @@ -344,13 +344,6 @@ int arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings(struct perf_event *bp, } /* - * For kernel-addresses, either the address or symbol name can be - * specified. - */ - if (info->name) - info->address = (unsigned long) - kallsyms_lookup_name(info->name); - /* * Check that the low-order bits of the address are appropriate * for the alignment implied by len. */ -- 1.6.2.3
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