Re: [PATCH 5/7] kprobes: Remove called_from argument

From: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli
Date: Wed Nov 12 2008 - 10:59:21 EST


On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 03:57:13PM -0500, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Remove called_from argument from kprobes which had been used for preventing
> self-refering of kernel module. However, since we don't keep module's refcount
> after registering kprobe any more, there is no reason to check that.
>
> This patch also simplifies registering/unregistering functions because we don't
> need to use __builtin_return_address(0) which was passed to called_from.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/kprobes.c | 70 +++++++++++--------------------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

Subject to inclusion of the two-liner I sent out earlier today on top of this one
(needed anyway to get this to compile)..

Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
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