Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:37:38 -0400 | From | Mathieu Desnoyers <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/4] Linux Kernel Markers - Architecture Independent Code |
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* Mathieu Desnoyers (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca) wrote: > The marker activation functions sits in kernel/marker.c. A hash table is used > to keep track of the registered probes and armed markers, so the markers within > a newly loaded module that should be active can be activated at module load > time. > > marker_query has been removed. marker_get_first, marker_get_next and > marker_release should be used as iterators on the markers. > > Changelog: > - markers_mutex now nests inside module_mutex rather than the opposite. > - Iteration on modules is now done in module.c. > - module_mutex is not exported anymore. > [...] > Index: linux-2.6-lttng/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h 2007-09-14 10:11:18.000000000 -0400 > +++ linux-2.6-lttng/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h 2007-09-14 10:11:31.000000000 -0400 > @@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ > /* .data section */ > #define DATA_DATA \ > *(.data) \ > - *(.data.init.refok) > + *(.data.init.refok) \ > + . = ALIGN(8); \ > + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___markers) = .; \ > + *(__markers) \ > + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___markers) = .; > > #define RO_DATA(align) \ > . = ALIGN((align)); \ > @@ -129,6 +133,11 @@ > VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___immediate) = .; \ > } \ > \ > + /* Markers: strings */ \ > + __markers_strings : AT(ADDR(__markers_strings) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ > + *(__markers_strings) \ > + } \ > + \ > /* Kernel symbol table: strings */ \ > __ksymtab_strings : AT(ADDR(__ksymtab_strings) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ > *(__ksymtab_strings) \ [...]
Do you think I should also remove the __markers_strings section from here ?
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