Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86: record relocation offset

Frank Ch. Eigler
2009-12-31T00:53:33Z

Hi -

james wrote:

> The reasons I gave was why _text relocation didn't work properly for
> systemtap. The first paragraph was just giving a precis of history
> [...]

The issues you listed (kernel .init sections, modules) have nothing to
do with kernel relocation, and systemtap has apprx. never had problem
calculating relevant addresses in their presence. The systemtap
problem you are probably thinking of relates to the kernel's former
inability to insert kprobes within .init sections.

- FChE