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Re: patch for module function probe
Li Guanglei <guanglei@cn.ibm.com> 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