Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] powerpc: introduce a new helper to obtain function entry points

From: Naveen N. Rao
Date: Thu Apr 13 2017 - 01:52:21 EST


On 2017/04/13 01:32PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 16:28:26 +0530
> "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > kprobe_lookup_name() is specific to the kprobe subsystem and may not
> > always return the function entry point (in a subsequent patch for
> > KPROBES_ON_FTRACE).
>
> If so, please move this patch into that series. It is hard to review
> patches which requires for other series.

:-)
This patch was originally the first in this series to try avoiding the
need for converting kprobe_lookup_name() in optprobes.c. But, with the
re-shuffle, this is more suitable in the other series. I will move it.

Thanks,
Naveen