linux-kernel - Re: [patch 04/11] Kprobes - declare kprobe

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Message-ID: <20070821041734.GC9226@in.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:47:35 +0530
From:	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@...radead.org, prasanna@...ibm.com,
	anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [patch 04/11] Kprobes - declare kprobe_mutex static

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 04:19:06PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Since it will not be used by other kernel objects, it makes sense to declare it
> static.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>

Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>

> CC: hch@...radead.org
> CC: prasanna@...ibm.com
> CC: ananth@...ibm.com
> CC: anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com
> CC: davem@...emloft.net
> ---
>  kernel/kprobes.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6-lttng/kernel/kprobes.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/kernel/kprobes.c	2007-08-19 09:09:15.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6-lttng/kernel/kprobes.c	2007-08-19 17:18:07.000000000 -0400
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static struct hlist_head kretprobe_inst_
>  /* NOTE: change this value only with kprobe_mutex held */
>  static bool kprobe_enabled;
> 
> -DEFINE_MUTEX(kprobe_mutex);		/* Protects kprobe_table */
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(kprobe_mutex);	/* Protects kprobe_table */
>  DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kretprobe_lock);	/* Protects kretprobe_inst_table */
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe *, kprobe_instance) = NULL;
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
> OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F  BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68
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