linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Kprobes: Move kprobes examples to samples/

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Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:06:22 +0530
From:	"Abhishek Sagar" <sagar.abhishek@...il.com>
To:	ananth@...ibm.com
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Anil S Keshavamurthy" <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	hskinnemoen@...el.com, "Masami Hiramatsu" <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	sam@...nborg.org, randy.dunlap@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Kprobes: Move kprobes examples to samples/

On 2/5/08, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com> wrote:

> + * Build and insert the kernel module as done in the kprobe example.
> + * You will see the trace data in /var/log/messages and on the console
> + * whenever sys_open() returns a negative value.

A passing observation...."sys_open" should be replaced with "do_fork",
whose return value is not checked at all.

--
Regards,
Abhishek
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