linux-kernel - [for-next][PATCH 6/9] tracing: Fix comment about prefix in arch_syscall_match_sym

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Date:	Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:24:18 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 6/9] tracing: Fix comment about prefix in arch_syscall_match_sym_name()

From: "zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>

ppc64 has its own syscall prefix like ".SyS" or ".sys". Make the
comment in arch_syscall_match_sym_name() more understandable.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/513D842F.40205@huawei.com

Signed-off-by: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 68f3f34..8f2ac73 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static inline bool arch_syscall_match_sym_name(const char *sym, const char *name
 	/*
 	 * Only compare after the "sys" prefix. Archs that use
 	 * syscall wrappers may have syscalls symbols aliases prefixed
-	 * with "SyS" instead of "sys", leading to an unwanted
+	 * with ".SyS" or ".sys" instead of "sys", leading to an unwanted
 	 * mismatch.
 	 */
 	return !strcmp(sym + 3, name + 3);
-- 
1.7.10.4



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