2008-06-10 17:14:31

by Abhishek Sagar

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Subject: [PATCH] kprobes: remove redundant config check

Hi,

I noticed that there's a CONFIG_KPROBES check inside kernel/kprobes.c,
which seems redundant. Can be removed?

Diff'd against v2.6.26-rc5.


Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sagar <[email protected]>
---
remove redundant CONFIG_KPROBES check.

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 1e0250c..2b2cae2 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1283,13 +1283,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_jprobe);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_jprobe);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_jprobes);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_jprobes);
-#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(jprobe_return);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_kretprobe);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_kretprobe);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_kretprobes);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_kretprobes);
-#endif


2008-06-10 19:36:59

by Masami Hiramatsu

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kprobes: remove redundant config check

Abhishek Sagar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that there's a CONFIG_KPROBES check inside kernel/kprobes.c,
> which seems redundant. Can be removed?

Yes, it can be removed, because kernel/kprobes.c is not complied when
CONFIG_KPROBES=n.

Thank you,

>
> Diff'd against v2.6.26-rc5.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sagar <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>

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Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: [email protected]

Subject: Re: [PATCH] kprobes: remove redundant config check

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:43:02PM +0530, Abhishek Sagar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that there's a CONFIG_KPROBES check inside kernel/kprobes.c,
> which seems redundant. Can be removed?
>
> Diff'd against v2.6.26-rc5.
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sagar <[email protected]>
> ---
> remove redundant CONFIG_KPROBES check.
>
> diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 1e0250c..2b2cae2 100644
> --- a/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -1283,13 +1283,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_jprobe);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_jprobe);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_jprobes);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_jprobes);
> -#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(jprobe_return);
> -#endif
> -
> -#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_kretprobe);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_kretprobe);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_kretprobes);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_kretprobes);
> -#endif

Abhishek,

This was intentional (to take care of some gcc 4.2 issues). See commit
cd5bfea278987ebfe60f3ff92a01696b17c4f978 (fix compilation with gcc 4.2)
from Peter Chubb for details.

Ananth

2008-06-11 05:54:06

by Abhishek Sagar

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kprobes: remove redundant config check

On 6/11/08, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <[email protected]> wrote:
> Abhishek,
>
> This was intentional (to take care of some gcc 4.2 issues). See commit
> cd5bfea278987ebfe60f3ff92a01696b17c4f978 (fix compilation with gcc 4.2)
> from Peter Chubb for details.

Yea, I checked it out and the problem the commit seems to be fixing is that
EXPORT_SYMBOL complains for static symbols with gcc-4.2. Can't see why
there was a need to cram CONFIG_KPROBES inside kprobes.c. This
check was sneaked in defensively it seems, and is unnecessary.

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Regards,
Abhishek Sagar