Re: [RFC PATCH -tip 0/5] kprobes: Abolish jprobe APIs

[Ingo Molnar]

* Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 5:22 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, could we now also fix these:
> >
> > net/dccp/probe.c:166:2: warning: âregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> > net/dccp/probe.c:170:4: warning: âregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> > net/dccp/probe.c:190:2: warning: âunregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> > drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c:317:3: warning: âunregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> > drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c:322:2: warning: âregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> > drivers/misc/lkdtm_core.c:560:3: warning: âunregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> > net/sctp/probe.c:189:2: warning: âregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> > net/sctp/probe.c:194:3: warning: âregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> > net/sctp/probe.c:240:2: warning: âunregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> > net/ipv4/tcp_probe.c:280:2: warning: âregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> > net/ipv4/tcp_probe.c:298:2: warning: âunregister_jprobeâ is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
> >
> > I'd suggest removing the networking ones and Cc:-ing it to the networking folks -
> > I strongly doubt anyone is using that functionality for real.
> >
> > The LKDTM one Kees had some ideas (patches?) for?
> 
> Oops, yes, I've sent this patch to Greg now. I had let it sit for a
> few days of 0-day testing and promptly forgot about it. ;)

Could we, as a special exception, carry this patch in -tip, so that the probes 
related changes stay togher - or is it too distruptive to the flow of other 
in-flight LKDTM patches, creating conflicts, etc.?

Thanks,

	Ingo