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From: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: <arnd@arndb.de>, <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	<mingo@redhat.com>, <davem@davemloft.net>, <ast@kernel.org>,
	<ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>, <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
	<benh@kernel.crashing.org>, <paulus@samba.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>, <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] kallsyms: Rename is_kernel() and is_kernel_text()
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 10:00:51 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1551f9cc-eaf8-efef-0590-e2549eebe4ae@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210728112836.289865f5@oasis.local.home>


On 2021/7/28 23:28, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:13:18 +0800
> Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com> wrote:
>
>> The is_kernel[_text]() function check the address whether or not
>> in kernel[_text] ranges, also they will check the address whether
>> or not in gate area, so use better name.
> Do you know what a gate area is?
>
> Because I believe gate area is kernel text, so the rename just makes it
> redundant and more confusing.

Yes, the gate area(eg, vectors part on ARM32, similar on x86/ia64) is 
kernel text.

I want to keep the 'basic' section boundaries check, which only check 
the start/end

of sections, all in section.h,  could we use 'generic' or 'basic' or 
'core' in the naming?

  * is_kernel_generic_data()	--- come from core_kernel_data() in kernel.h
  * is_kernel_generic_text()

The old helper could remain unchanged, any suggestion, thanks.

>
> -- Steve
> .
>

  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-29  2:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-28  8:13 [PATCH v2 0/7] sections: Unify kernel sections range check and use Kefeng Wang
2021-07-28  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] kallsyms: Remove arch specific text and data check Kefeng Wang
2021-07-28  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] kallsyms: Fix address-checks for kernel related range Kefeng Wang
2021-07-28 14:46   ` Steven Rostedt
2021-07-29  2:03     ` Kefeng Wang
2021-07-28  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] sections: Move and rename core_kernel_data() to is_kernel_core_data() Kefeng Wang
2021-07-28  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] sections: Move is_kernel_inittext() into sections.h Kefeng Wang
2021-07-28  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] kallsyms: Rename is_kernel() and is_kernel_text() Kefeng Wang
2021-07-28 15:28   ` Steven Rostedt
2021-07-29  2:00     ` Kefeng Wang [this message]
2021-07-29  4:05       ` Steven Rostedt
2021-07-29 11:06         ` Kefeng Wang
2021-07-28  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] sections: Add new " Kefeng Wang
2021-07-28 15:32   ` Steven Rostedt
2021-07-29  2:02     ` Kefeng Wang
2021-07-28  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] powerpc/mm: Use is_kernel_text() and is_kernel_inittext() helper Kefeng Wang

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