From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12335 invoked by alias); 3 Apr 2006 16:14:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 12295 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Apr 2006 16:14:36 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:14:35 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k33GEXT9032445 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:14:33 -0400 Received: from pobox.toronto.redhat.com (pobox.toronto.redhat.com [172.16.14.4]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k33GEWhN006470 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:14:33 -0400 Received: from touchme.toronto.redhat.com (IDENT:postfix@touchme.toronto.redhat.com [172.16.14.9]) by pobox.toronto.redhat.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k33GEWlO025032 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:14:32 -0400 Received: from ton.toronto.redhat.com (ton.toronto.redhat.com [172.16.14.15]) by touchme.toronto.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 963E98002B7 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:14:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ton.toronto.redhat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ton.toronto.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k33GEWhB015238 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:14:32 -0400 Received: (from fche@localhost) by ton.toronto.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id k33GEWEa015235; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:14:32 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: ton.toronto.redhat.com: fche set sender to fche@redhat.com using -f To: systemtap@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: patch for module function probe References: <9FBCE015AF479F46B3B410499F3AE05BEDA977@pdsmsx405> <4430E569.8050904@cn.ibm.com> From: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:14:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4430E569.8050904@cn.ibm.com> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact systemtap-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: systemtap-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-q2/txt/msg00017.txt.bz2 Li Guanglei writes: > Actually, I think the expansion of module("*").function("foo") into > kernel.function("foo") is a designed feature. No, it was an accident. > It is especially useful for those compiled-in kernel modules. [...] Yes, it might be. It would be best if there was a way of automagically supporting module("foo") for a foo that's compiled into vmlinux with a CONFIG_FOO=y instead of CONFIG_FOO=m. Does kbuild leave any traces of the module ancestry in object files produced this way? - FChE