Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v8 7/9] livepatch: Improve the search performance of module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol() | From | "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <> | Date | Thu, 24 Nov 2022 10:41:46 +0800 |
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On 2022/11/23 21:57, Petr Mladek wrote: > On Wed 2022-11-02 16:49:19, Zhen Lei wrote: >> Currently we traverse all symbols of all modules to find the specified >> function for the specified module. But in reality, we just need to find >> the given module and then traverse all the symbols in it. >> >> Let's add a new parameter 'const char *modname' to function >> module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol(), then we can compare the module names >> directly in this function and call hook 'fn' after matching. And the >> parameter 'struct module *' in the hook 'fn' can also be deleted. >> >> Phase1: mod1-->mod2..(subsequent modules do not need to be compared) >> | >> Phase2: -->f1-->f2-->f3 > > Just for record. The patch looks good from the livepatching code POV. > > But I guess that it will need to get updated to support the new > callers in the ftrace and bpf code.
Yes, this patch and 8/9 conflicts with the patch series of Jiri Olsa, So they didn't merge into linux-next. I will update and repost after v6.2-rc1.
> > Best Regards, > Petr > . >
-- Regards, Zhen Lei
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