Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758135AbYKWTAu (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:00:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752046AbYKWTAm (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:00:42 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:36154 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750887AbYKWTAl (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:00:41 -0500 Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:00:25 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Cyrill Gorcunov Cc: Sam Ravnborg , Alexander van Heukelum , "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner , LKML Subject: Re: [RFC -tip] x86: introduce ENTRY(KPROBE)_X86 assembly helpers to catch unbalanced declaration Message-ID: <20081123190025.GD21106@elte.hu> References: <20081123165711.GA12710@localhost> <20081123175125.GA32472@uranus.ravnborg.org> <20081123175846.GF12710@localhost> <20081123181248.GA338@uranus.ravnborg.org> <20081123182103.GH12710@localhost> <20081123185417.GA21106@elte.hu> <20081123185726.GL12710@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081123185726.GL12710@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2265 Lines: 55 * Cyrill Gorcunov wrote: > [Ingo Molnar - Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 07:54:17PM +0100] > | > | * Cyrill Gorcunov wrote: > | > | > [Sam Ravnborg - Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 07:12:48PM +0100] > | > ... > | > | > > | > | > I don't have -next tree on my laptop, neither cross-compile tools but > | > | > if someone could test it -- it would be great. But I used gas macros > | > | > here -- i doubt other architectures has the same syntax. At least > | > | > PDP-11 would beat us with ';' symbol :) > | > | > | > | If we include this in any of the 100+ trees that Stephen sucks > | > | into -next we will get it tried out. > | > | > | > | Ingo has so and so does others so getting it into -next > | > | is rather easy. Then the automated builds will tell of if > | > | it fails on any of the toolchains used there. > | > | > | > | Sam > | > | > | > > | > Sam, to be clear, you mean that I could put this stuff into general > | > include/linux/linkage.h with general names as ENTRY/END and the same > | > for KPROBE so it could be merged into -next tree for testing? If > | > yes, that as I said there will be a lot of errors so build will > | > stuck in a moment 'cause of unbalanced ENTRY. Not sure if it's a > | > good idea :) > | > | neither do i think it's a particularly good idea. Lets first prototype > | it on x86, see how it works out in practice, and then see whether it > | can be generic. Then it can just be lifted into the generic linkage.h > | separately, and we can then see whether it causes new problems. > | > | Ingo > | > > So be it :) Btw I think Alexander is right -- better to use .warning > instead of .error (and without .abort) even on x86. Could you update > Ingo? .error is perfectly fine because that way automated tests that we do on -tip will catch any bugs, we really dont want to mis-annotate these things. Warnings tend to only pile up and rarely get fixed - without enforcement mechanism that causes people to fix them. Ingo -- 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/