linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] kprobes: remove redundant address check

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Message-Id: <1283403758-3827-2-git-send-email-namhyung@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu,  2 Sep 2010 14:02:34 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] kprobes: remove redundant address check

remove call to kernel_text_address() in register_jprobes()
because it is called right after in register_kprobe().

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
---
 kernel/kprobes.c |   13 +++++--------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 282035f..8f96701 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -1343,14 +1343,11 @@ int __kprobes register_jprobes(struct jprobe **jps, int num)
 		jp = jps[i];
 		addr = arch_deref_entry_point(jp->entry);
 
-		if (!kernel_text_address(addr))
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-		else {
-			/* Todo: Verify probepoint is a function entry point */
-			jp->kp.pre_handler = setjmp_pre_handler;
-			jp->kp.break_handler = longjmp_break_handler;
-			ret = register_kprobe(&jp->kp);
-		}
+		/* Todo: Verify probepoint is a function entry point */
+		jp->kp.pre_handler = setjmp_pre_handler;
+		jp->kp.break_handler = longjmp_break_handler;
+		ret = register_kprobe(&jp->kp);
+
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			if (i > 0)
 				unregister_jprobes(jps, i);
-- 
1.7.2.2

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