KPROBE linking error (who's the maintainer of kernel/power/) ?

From: Cheng Renquan (çäå)
Date: Mon Jan 05 2009 - 02:12:48 EST


with this .config

CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_FREEZER=y
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_PM_SLEEP=n

the kernel will end compiling with error:

kernel/built-in.o: In function `check_safety':
/usr/src/linux-2.6.28/kernel/kprobes.c:126: undefined reference to
`freeze_processes'
/usr/src/linux-2.6.28/kernel/kprobes.c:139: undefined reference to
`thaw_processes'
/usr/src/linux-2.6.28/kernel/kprobes.c:139: undefined reference to
`thaw_processes'
make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1

By read kernel/kprobes.c, I found there maybe a bug:

1. "check_safety" in "kernel/kprobes.c" call thaw_processes if both
CONFIG_PREEMPT and CONFIG_PM defined,
2. "thaw_processes" function is implemented in "kernel/power/process.c",
3. but it is only used if CONFIG_FREEZER defined, from <linux/freezer.h>,
4. else (CONFIG_FREEZER undefined) it's a null macro defined in
<linux/freezer.h>,
5. but process.o only get compile if CONFIG_PM_SLEEP defined, from
"kernel/power/Makefile",

Now I'm confused on how to resolve this?
What's the relation of PM, PM_SLEEP, and FREEZER?
Which modification of the following will be better?
1. modify kernel/Kconfig, let KPROBES depends more?
2. modify kernel/kprobes.c, let the conditional compile depends more?
3. modify include/linux/freezer.h, move thaw_processes to include/linux/pm.h?
4. modify kernel/power/Makefile, let kernel/power/process.c compile on
less condition?

Furthermore, there seems no entry for maintainers of "kernel/power/",
who maintain that subdir please add your name to the MAINTAINERS file?
I just grab some latest touchers of kernel/power/ and kernel/kprobes.c
as the recipients here.

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Cheng Renquan (çäå), Shenzhen, China
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