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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing/profile: Fix profile_disable vs module_unload
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:52:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1251211963.7538.1164.camel@twins> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1251197235.7538.1142.camel@twins>

On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 12:47 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 12:39 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > > Do you really wish to burden every tracepoint user with the extra 
> > > logic needed to deal with modules?
> > 
> > Not necessarily - i'm just outlining why i think that the 'dont 
> > allow subsystems to utilize tracepoint callbacks' is a restriction 
> > we should not live with voluntarily.
> 
> Well, unless someone has a bright idea that's what it comes down to. 

OK, I still think modules probing their own tracepoints its stupid [*],
but what you could do is iterate the tracepoint's callback list and see
if it has a callback outside of the module code section and then fail
the unload.

[*] in the really utterly fundamentally wrong stupid class.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-25 14:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-24  4:19 [PATCH] tracing/profile: Fix profile_disable vs module_unload Li Zefan
2009-08-24  6:01 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-24  6:22   ` Li Zefan
2009-08-24  6:56     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-24  9:24       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-24  9:27         ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-24 16:13           ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-25  5:22           ` Li Zefan
2009-08-25  6:21             ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-25  6:33               ` Li Zefan
2009-08-25  6:40                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-25  9:05                   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-25  9:12                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-25 10:22                       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-25 10:32                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-25 10:39                           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-08-25 10:47                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-25 14:52                               ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2009-08-26  6:18                                 ` Li Zefan
2009-08-26  6:46                                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-26  6:52                                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-26  7:01                                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-26  7:10                                       ` Li Zefan
2009-08-26  7:26                                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-26  7:31                                           ` Li Zefan
2009-08-26  7:39                                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-26  7:44                                               ` Li Zefan
2009-08-26 14:37                                         ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-26 16:46                                           ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-08-26 17:48                                             ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-26 18:01                                               ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-08-26 18:17                                                 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-08-26 19:48                                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-26 19:53                                                     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-08-26 21:21                                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-26 22:29                                                         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-08-27  1:53                                                     ` Li Zefan
2009-08-27  2:13                                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-27 14:39                                                         ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-08-27 14:56                                                           ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-27 15:11                                                             ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-08-27 15:51                                                               ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-27 15:59                                                                 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-08-27 16:03                                                                   ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-27  6:25                                                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-27 15:57                                                       ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-27 16:04                                                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-27 16:18                                                           ` Steven Rostedt
2009-08-27  1:01                                                 ` Li Zefan
2009-08-26 19:14                                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-08-26 19:44                                               ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2009-09-13 15:02 ` [tip:tracing/core] tracing/profile: fix " tip-bot for Li Zefan

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