linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/2] arm64: Create a list of SYM_CODE functions, blacklist them in the unwinder

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Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 22:38:44 -0500
From:   "Madhavan T. Venkataraman" <madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     "nobuta.keiya@...itsu.com" <nobuta.keiya@...itsu.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/2] arm64: Create a list of SYM_CODE functions,
 blacklist them in the unwinder

OK. Thanks for the info. I will be more sensitive and change the name
to something more appropriate.

Madhavan

On 5/18/21 9:06 PM, nobuta.keiya@...itsu.com wrote:
> Hi Madhavan,
> 
>> +static bool unwinder_blacklisted(unsigned long pc)
>> +{
> 
> I've heard that the Linux community is currently avoiding the introduction of the
> term 'blacklist', see:
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=49decddd39e5f6132ccd7d9fdc3d7c470b0061bb
> 
> 
> Thanks & Best Regards,
> Keiya Nobuta
>