linux-kernel - Re: modules, add_kallsyms() && DEFINE_PER

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Date:	Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:23:43 +0900
From:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com" <yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com>
Subject: Re: modules, add_kallsyms() && DEFINE_PER_CPU

(2013/11/27 2:50), Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 11/26, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>
>> Note: this doesn't work for modules, but module's per-cpu data is
>> not visible for kallsyms_lookup_name() anyway.
> 
> Rusty, I am just curious if it makes sense to change this or not...
> 
> But DEFINE_PER_CPU'ed symbols are ignored by add_kallsyms(). I guess
> this is because is_core_symbol() requires "sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC".
> And probably because of INIT_OFFSET_MASK.

Oleg, I think you can do it by using is_module_percpu_address(). :)

Thank you,

-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com


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