linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Kprobes: Make kprobe modules more portable

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Date:	Tue, 8 Aug 2006 17:40:19 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Kprobes: Make kprobe modules more portable

On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 09:34:00AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Okay, does this makes kprobe's the first reflective kernel interface.

Actually kallsyms_lookup_name was the first interface like that.  And lots
of external kprobes used it like that - in fact tcp_probe.c is the first
one I've seen doing it differently.  But kallsyms_lookup_name is a really
awkward lowlevel buildingblock that's almost impossible to use correctly,
so this patch hides it behind the proper kprobes interface.

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