Re: [RFC patch] extable and module add object is static

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Mon Mar 29 2010 - 09:16:42 EST


* Peter Zijlstra (peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 09:39 +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> > Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > > +static int core_object_is_static(void *obj)
> > > +{
> > [...]
> > > + if (addr >= (unsigned long)__per_cpu_start &&
> > > + addr <= (unsigned long)__per_cpu_end)
> > > + return 1;
> >
> > This may only correct for UP.
> > You may need arch-special codes for SMP.
> >
>
> Tejun has patches for this.
>

That's great! Tejun, can you point me out to an update version of these
patches ? I am particularly interested in being able to know the range of
statically defined per-cpu data.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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