linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] tracing: Make syscall

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Message-ID: <20090824195759.GA5050@nowhere>
Date:	Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:58:01 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Josh Stone <jistone@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	Jiaying Zhang <jiayingz@...gle.com>,
	Martin Bligh <mbligh@...gle.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] tracing: Make syscall_(un)regfunc arch-specific

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:31:26PM -0700, Josh Stone wrote:
> On 08/23/2009 02:14 PM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > I really don't like that.
> > See how the s390 and x86 version of the above code are completely
> > identical?
> > 
> > Please put this in kernel/ptrace.c
> 
> Yes, I see your point, and I think kernel/ptrace.c is a fine place for
> it.  Making it conditional on CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS and
> CONFIG_HAVE_FTRACE_SYSCALLS is probably best too, though I think the
> latter should now be HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS.


As you prefer, this new name can be indeed more verbose.

Thanks.

 
> Thanks,
> 
> Josh

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