linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: fix text

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Message-ID: <4813BCF8.3090907@goop.org>
Date:	Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:38:32 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, zdenek.kabelac@...il.com,
	rjw@...k.pl, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	penberg@...helsinki.fi, clameter@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pageexec@...email.hu,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>, systemtap@...rces.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: fix text_poke

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> You do, when you decide to stop tracing. He is not talking about the old
> function, that one, indeed will always be there, but what about the new
> one? When tracing stops we want to remove it and revert to using the old
> one...
>
> But perhaps you are suggesting that the new one, once loaded, stays
> there forever, that would work, but after several tracing sessions one
> would have to eventually reboot the machine due to many modules left
> loaded.

As I said, it doesn't seem like a very satisfactory way to solve the 
problem.

    J

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