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Message-Id: <07d780075603bb8a52a829016f88e95711b02785.1422514006.git.jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:46:25 +0100
From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
Tom Tromey <tromey@...hat.com>,
Ben Widawsky <ben@...dawsk.net>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: [PATCH v11 06/28] module: Do not inline do_init_module
This provides a reliable breakpoint target, required for automatic
symbol loading via the gdb helper command 'lx-symbols'.
CC: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
---
kernel/module.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index d856e96..2df6cec 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -3011,8 +3011,13 @@ static void do_free_init(struct rcu_head *head)
kfree(m);
}
-/* This is where the real work happens */
-static int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
+/*
+ * This is where the real work happens.
+ *
+ * Keep it uninlined to provide a reliable breakpoint target, e.g. for the gdb
+ * helper command 'lx-symbols'.
+ */
+static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
{
int ret = 0;
struct mod_initfree *freeinit;
--
2.1.4
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