linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ftrace: distinguish kretprobe'd functions in trace logs

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Date:	Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:36:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Abhishek Sagar <sagar.abhishek@...il.com>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace: distinguish kretprobe'd functions in trace
 logs


On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_KRETPROBES
> > +static inline int kretprobed(unsigned long addr)
> > +{
> > +	return addr == (unsigned long)kretprobe_trampoline;
> 
> Hi Abhishek,
> 
> Now that this code is in mainline, it has become apparent that 
> kretprobe_trampoline is not defined on all archs as a global like it is in 
> x86. This needs to be fixed (it breaks ia64 build).
> 

Also note that kretprobe_trampoline will not be the return address.

Hmm, I think I can solve this by not even doing the test here, but simply 
on the name itself.

-- Steve

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