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

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 06:21:58 EST


On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 11:13 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 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.

does it need any other kernel patches? Because if it does it might as
well patch this export in for it's specialist use

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