Re: [PATCH -next,-tip ] kprobes: Fix Kconfig dependency

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Sep 13 2010 - 12:40:15 EST


On 09/13/10 03:25, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Fix Kconfig dependency among Kprobes, optprobe and kallsyms.
>
> Kprobes uses kallsyms_lookup for finding target function and checking
> instruction boundary, thus CONFIG_KPROBES should select CONFIG_KALLSYMS.
>
> Optprobe is an optional feature which is supported on x86 arch, and
> it also uses kallsyms_lookup for checking instructions in the target
> function. Since KALLSYMS_ALL just adds symbols of kernel variables,
> it doesn't need to select KALLSYMS_ALL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Cc: linux-next@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@xxxxxxxxx>,
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Cc: akpm <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> arch/Kconfig | 4 ++--
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index 4877a8c..fe48fc7 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ config HAVE_OPROFILE
>
> config KPROBES
> bool "Kprobes"
> - depends on KALLSYMS && MODULES
> + depends on MODULES
> depends on HAVE_KPROBES
> + select KALLSYMS
> help
> Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
> execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes
> @@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ config OPTPROBES
> def_bool y
> depends on KPROBES && HAVE_OPTPROBES
> depends on !PREEMPT
> - select KALLSYMS_ALL
>
> config HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
> bool
>

Fixes the kconfig dependency problem. Thanks.

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>

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