linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] powerpc: introduce a new helper to obtain function entry points

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:22:06 +0530
From:   "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] powerpc: introduce a new helper to obtain
 function entry points

On 2017/04/13 01:32PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:28:26 +0530
> "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > kprobe_lookup_name() is specific to the kprobe subsystem and may not
> > always return the function entry point (in a subsequent patch for
> > KPROBES_ON_FTRACE).
> 
> If so, please move this patch into that series. It is hard to review
> patches which requires for other series.

:-)
This patch was originally the first in this series to try avoiding the 
need for converting kprobe_lookup_name() in optprobes.c. But, with the 
re-shuffle, this is more suitable in the other series. I will move it.

Thanks,
Naveen