Re: [PATCH -tip ] [BUGFIX] kprobes: Move hash_64() into .text.kprobe section

[Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>]

(2013/03/13 1:04), Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:22 AM, Masami Hiramatsu
> <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> wrote:
>> Beacuse hash_64() is called from the get_kprobe() inside
>> int3 handler, kernel causes int3 recursion and crashes if
>> kprobes user puts a probe on it.
>>
>> Usually hash_64() is inlined into caller function, but in
>> some cases, it has instances by gcc's interprocedural
>> constant propagation.
>>
>> This patch adds __kprobes tag on the hash_64()
> 
> NAK. Don't do this. Just force inlining. There's absolutely no way we
> want to start adding __kprobe to random helper functions like this.

I see.

> This isn't even about where "__kprobes" exists and whether we want to
> include the header file. This is about the fact that hash64 has
> absolutely *nothing* to do with kprobes, and we simply shouldn't do
> crap like this regardless of whether we need a new #include or not.

OK, then I'll update it to just use __always_inline.

Thank you!

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Masami HIRAMATSU
IT Management Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com