Re: [PATCH 3/9] jump label: Fix module __init section race

[Steven Rostedt]

On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 08:23 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 16:09 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > 
> > > --- a/kernel/jump_label.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/jump_label.c
> > > @@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ void jump_label_update(unsigned long key, enum jump_label_type type)
> > >  			count = e_module->nr_entries;
> > >  			iter = e_module->table;
> > >  			while (count--) {
> > > -				if (kernel_text_address(iter->code))
> > > +				if (iter->key &&
> > > +						kernel_text_address(iter->code))
> > 
> > Peter, I know you hated this, but the alternative is either:
> > 
> > 				if (iter->key &&
> > 				    kernel_text_address(iter->code))
> > 
> > or break 80 chars. All three seem bad (although I don't mind breaking 
> > 80 chars for this). But I'll leave it for now.
> 
> No, the proper alternative is to move the body of the iteration into a 
> jump_label_update_entry() inline function ...
> 
> Nobody is forcing you to start yet another iteration 4 indentations 
> deep. We have functions for a reason.

Jason,

Could you send me another version of this patch with the second
iteration wrapped in a function.

Thanks,

-- Steve


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