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Message-ID: <20071101112407.GA24217@Krystal> Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:24:07 -0400 From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca> To: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, systemtap@...rces.redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] markers: modpost * Roland McGrath (roland@...hat.com) wrote: > > If we want to do it safely, I think we should iterate from > > __start___markers to __stop___markers symbols of vmlinux and get the > > pointers to the name/format string pairs. > > > > The same can then be done with modules using the __markers section. > > > > Or maybe is there some reason not to do that ? > > It's just rather a pain in the ass, a whole lot more fiddly work. > cf "somewhat crude" and "foreseeable future" in my patch's log entry. > Knock yourself out if you're looking for more tedious hacking to do in > modpost.c, but I say fix it when it breaks. > Hmmmm, I have rarely seen code go into mainline without addressing valid technical criticism first. Please fix. I'll look into it if I find the time. Mathieu > > Thanks, > Roland -- Mathieu Desnoyers Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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