Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:54:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:54:44 -0500 Received: from dp.samba.org ([66.70.73.150]:59776 "EHLO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:54:44 -0500 From: Rusty Russell To: Keith Owens Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Put all functions in kallsyms In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Apr 2003 10:46:54 +1000." <6572.1049158014@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 11:59:27 +1000 Message-Id: <20030401020607.BA6F32C092@lists.samba.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 797 Lines: 21 In message <6572.1049158014@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> you write: > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:14:03 +1000, > Rusty Russell wrote: > >D: TODO: Allow multiple kallsym tables, discard init one after init. > > Don't. Almost all kernel threads have a backtrace that goes through > __init code, even though that code no longer exists. The symbols are > still needed to get a decent backtrace and the overhead is minimal. Hi Keith, Excellent point. Thanks! Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/