[Bug kprobes/3310] New: kallsyms_lookup_name gone - update kprobes tests

["jkenisto at us dot ibm dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

In Linux 2.6.19-rc1, register_kprobe() has been enhanced so that you can set
kp.symbol_name and kp.offset as an alternative to setting kp.addr.  This
enhancement affects register_kretprobe() and register_jprobe() accordingly. 
Also, a new macro, regs_return_value(regs), is provided to extract the return
value from regs in a kretprobe handler.

A side effect of these enhancement is that kallsyms_lookup_name() is no longer
exported, and so existing kprobes-based modules that use kallsyms_lookup_name()
will break.  Consequently, test modules in tests/kernel need to be updated to
check "#ifdef regs_return_value" and set symbol_name+offset or
addr=kallsyms_lookup_name() accordingly.  Also to use regs_return_value().

Compare the example programs in Documentation/kprobes.txt in 2.6.19-rc1 with the
earlier versions for guidance.

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           Summary: kallsyms_lookup_name gone - update kprobes tests
           Product: systemtap
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: kprobes
        AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: jkenisto at us dot ibm dot com


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3310

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