From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
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: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 11:28:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210728112836.289865f5@oasis.local.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210728081320.20394-6-wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
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.
-- Steve
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-28 15:28 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 [this message]
2021-07-29 2:00 ` Kefeng Wang
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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