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Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:28:21 -0500
From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
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To: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: compile insn.c and inat.c only for KPROBES
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OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
>
> At least, insn.c and inat.c is needed for kprobe for now. So, this
> compile those only if KPROBES is enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi<hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>

Right, currently, the decoder is only used by kprobes.
Thank you,

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>

> ---
>
>   arch/x86/Kconfig.debug |    4 ++--
>   arch/x86/lib/Makefile  |    2 +-
>   2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff -L arch/x86/lib/Kconfig -puN /dev/null /dev/null
> diff -puN arch/x86/lib/Makefile~kconfig-decoder-only-for-kprobe arch/x86/lib/Makefile
> --- linux-2.6/arch/x86/lib/Makefile~kconfig-decoder-only-for-kprobe	2009-12-06 19:49:06.000000000 +0900
> +++ linux-2.6-hirofumi/arch/x86/lib/Makefile	2009-12-06 19:49:06.000000000 +0900
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ lib-y := delay.o
>   lib-y += thunk_$(BITS).o
>   lib-y += usercopy_$(BITS).o getuser.o putuser.o
>   lib-y += memcpy_$(BITS).o
> -lib-y += insn.o inat.o
> +lib-$(CONFIG_KPROBES) += insn.o inat.o
>
>   obj-y += msr-reg.o msr-reg-export.o
>
> diff -puN arch/x86/Kconfig.debug~kconfig-decoder-only-for-kprobe arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
> --- linux-2.6/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug~kconfig-decoder-only-for-kprobe	2009-12-06 19:49:06.000000000 +0900
> +++ linux-2.6-hirofumi/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug	2009-12-06 19:49:06.000000000 +0900
> @@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ config HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT
>   	def_bool y
>
>   config X86_DECODER_SELFTEST
> -     bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
> -     depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> +	bool "x86 instruction decoder selftest"
> +	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL&&  KPROBES
>   	---help---
>   	 Perform x86 instruction decoder selftests at build time.
>   	 This option is useful for checking the sanity of x86 instruction
> _
>

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

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

e-mail: mhiramat@redhat.com

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