Re: [PATCH 2/4] kprobes: split blacklist into common and arch

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Thu Apr 04 2013 - 02:17:36 EST


(2013/04/03 17:28), oskar.andero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Some blackpoints are only valid for specific architectures. To let each
> architecture specify its own blackpoints the list has been split in two
> lists: common and arch. The common list is kept in kernel/kprobes.c and
> the arch list is kept in the arch/ directory.

Hmm, I think you'd better merge this with patch 3/4.

[...]
> +static const size_t common_kprobes_blacksyms_size =
> + ARRAY_SIZE(common_kprobes_blacksyms);
> +
> +extern const char * const arch_kprobes_blacksyms[];
> +extern const size_t arch_kprobes_blacksyms_size;
> +
> +static struct kprobe_blackpoint **kprobe_blacklist;
> +static size_t kprobe_blacklist_size;

Since the blacklist is allocated once and never be updated,
we just need an array of struct kprobe_blackpoint, no need
to allocate each entry.

Other parts are good for me! :)

Thank you!

--
Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx


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