linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -tip v2 02/10] kprobes: treewide: Replace arch_deref_entry_point() with dereference_function

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Date:   Mon, 24 May 2021 14:56:50 +0530
From:   "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     ast@...nel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Xu <dxu@...uu.xyz>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, kernel-team@...com,
        kuba@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, yhs@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip v2 02/10] kprobes: treewide: Replace
 arch_deref_entry_point() with dereference_function_descriptor()

Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Replace arch_deref_entry_point() with dereference_function_descriptor()
> because those are doing same thing.

It's not quite the same -- you need dereference_symbol_descriptor().


- Naveen