linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] gcov: add gcov profiling infrastructure

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Date:	Fri, 22 May 2009 11:22:45 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>, Li Wei <W.Li@....COM>,
	Michael Ellerman <michaele@....ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heicars2@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <mschwid2@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] gcov: add gcov profiling infrastructure

> Back when kernel_execve() used to be called execve(), this function was 
> required to prevent linker errors. If it's generally agreed not to name 
> kernel functions execve(), this one might as well be removed (not sure 
> about such an agreement though).

I think we can safely assume now that nothing in the kernel will
be named execve.

-Andi
-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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