(2013/11/23 6:21), Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 04:22:21AM +, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>> Use NOKPROBE_SYMBOL macro to protect functions from kprobes
>> instead of __kprobes annotation in trap.c.
>> This also applies __always_inline annotation for some cases,
>> because NOKPROBE_SYMBOL() will inhibit inlining by referring
>> the symbol address.
>
> NOKPROBE_SYMBOL seems to add a reference from some variable to the function?
>
> With LTO we can optimize away unused functions, but not
> when there are references to the symbol. So this would likely
> prevent optimizations with LTO.
After considering this problem deeper, I decide to say NO against
to your opinion. IMHO, the LTO is just an optimization, on the other
hand, NOKPROBE_SYMBOL is more important because it is for avoiding
kernel crash. I mean, the safety and stability should be prior to
the performance. Anyway, such side-effect of NOKPROBE_SYMBOL looks
very limited. Perhaps, less than 1% of functions will be marked.
How much does it affect for the optimization?
Thank you,
--
Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu...@hitachi.com
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