linux-kernel - Re: [v4, 5/6] powerpc: introduce a new helper to obtain function entry points

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Message-Id: <3wBhLX1nRNz9s8V@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:47:32 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [v4, 5/6] powerpc: introduce a new helper to obtain function entry points

On Wed, 2017-04-19 at 12:52:27 UTC, "Naveen N. Rao" 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). For looking up function entry points, introduce a
> separate helper and use the same in optprobes.c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/1b32cd1715378c9a3856df4a80920f

cheers