Re: [2.6 patch] x8664_ksyms.c: unexport register_die_notifier

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 05:15:47 EST


On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 10:54:18AM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 10:26 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 08:46:49AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > The only user of register_die_notifier (kernel/kprobes.c) can't be
> > > built modular. Therefore, it's the EXPORT_SYMBOL is superfluous.
> >
> > Please don't apply this, it was especially intended for modular debuggers.
> > There is already a hacvked kdb around that uses it.
>
> eh didn't Tigran just mail lkml claiming that kdb and x86-64 really
> don't mix ??

It cannot display function arguments and uses imprecise backtrace right now
(like normal oopses), other than that it works just fine.

-Andi
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