linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: trivial whitespace in kprobes.c

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:42:41 -0500
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: trivial whitespace in kprobes.c

Harvey Harrison wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>

> ---
> Ingo, you could/should probably fold this into Masami's kprobe
> unification patch.

The original code had these whitespace, because (I think)
kretprobe_trampoline_holder() had just hold a memory space
for hooking function return. And now, it has actual code.
So the whitespace can be removed.

Thank you.

> 
> commit 17735e04f7f18bea4dcbe4daa31c34acac55b332
> Author: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>
> Date:   Wed Jan 9 13:30:50 2008 +0100
> 
>     kprobes code for x86 unification
> 
> in current(ish) x86.git
> 
>  arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c |    6 +++---
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
> index 53ba6a5..93aff49 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -583,8 +583,8 @@ static int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
>   * When a retprobed function returns, this code saves registers and
>   * calls trampoline_handler() runs, which calls the kretprobe's handler.
>   */
> - void __kprobes kretprobe_trampoline_holder(void)
> - {
> +void __kprobes kretprobe_trampoline_holder(void)
> +{
>  	asm volatile (
>  			".global kretprobe_trampoline\n"
>  			"kretprobe_trampoline: \n"
> @@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  			"	popf\n"
>  #endif
>  			"	ret\n");
> - }
> +}
>  
>  /*
>   * Called from kretprobe_trampoline

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America) Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat@...hat.com, masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com

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