On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 11:09:16PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:25:30 +0530 Srinivasa Ds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Since __init functions are discarded and its memory freed once > > initialization completes, It would be better if we enable kprobes > > to refuse probing __init functions. The attached patchset will do > > that. > > > > This patch creates non_init_kernel_text_address() to identify > > non_init text area. > > > > Iam open to suggestions for a better functionname. > > > > It's not a great name. One wonders how it handles __exit text, for example.
When registering kprobes on modules, we 'get' a module refcount so the probed module doesn't disappear from under us. When the probe is unregistered, we 'put' the refcount. That works great for __exit text. > regular_kernel_text_address()? Dunno. Sounds better :-) Ananth -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
