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Re: [PATCH 7/7] kprobes: Support probing module __init function
- From: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth at in dot ibm dot com>
- To: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation dot org>, Jim Keniston <jkenisto at us dot ibm dot com>, David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>, LKML <linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>, systemtap-ml <systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com>, Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp dot com dot au>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:29:00 +0530
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] kprobes: Support probing module __init function
- References: <4919F1C6.4030106@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: ananth at in dot ibm dot com
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 03:57:42PM -0500, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Allow kprobes to probe module __init routines.
> When __init functions are freed, kprobes which probe those functions
> are set to "Gone" flag. These "Gone" probes are disarmed from the code
> and never be enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>