Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] kprobes: move x86-specific blacklist symbols toarch directory

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Thu Apr 04 2013 - 22:36:43 EST


(2013/04/04 21:51), Oskar Andero wrote:
> From: BjÃrn Davidsson <bjorn.davidsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The common kprobes blacklist contains x86-specific symbols.
> Looking for these in kallsyms takes unnecessary time during startup
> on non-X86 platform. The symbols where moved to
> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c.

OK, it looks good for me. :)

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Radovan Lekanovic <radovan.lekanovic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: BjÃrn Davidsson <bjorn.davidsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Oskar Andero <oskar.andero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c | 6 +++++-
> kernel/kprobes.c | 3 ---
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> index 4aa71a5..41ce6c1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
> @@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ void jprobe_return_end(void);
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe *, current_kprobe) = NULL;
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe_ctlblk, kprobe_ctlblk);
>
> -const char * const arch_kprobes_blacksyms[] = {};
> +const char * const arch_kprobes_blacksyms[] = {
> + "native_get_debugreg",
> + "irq_entries_start",
> + "common_interrupt",
> +};
> const size_t arch_kprobes_blacksyms_size = ARRAY_SIZE(arch_kprobes_blacksyms);
>
> #define stack_addr(regs) ((unsigned long *)kernel_stack_pointer(regs))
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 7654278..58c9f4e 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ static raw_spinlock_t *kretprobe_table_lock_ptr(unsigned long hash)
> */
> static const char * const common_kprobes_blacksyms[] = {
> "preempt_schedule",
> - "native_get_debugreg",
> - "irq_entries_start",
> - "common_interrupt",
> "mcount", /* mcount can be called from everywhere */
> };
> static const size_t common_kprobes_blacksyms_size =
>


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


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