Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] kallsyms: Rename is_kernel() and is_kernel_text()
From: Kefeng Wang <hidden>
Date: 2021-07-29 11:06:14
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On 2021/7/29 12:05, Steven Rostedt wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 10:00:51 +0800 Kefeng Wang [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
On 2021/7/28 23:28, Steven Rostedt wrote:quoted
On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:13:18 +0800 Kefeng Wang [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
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.Because it looks like the check of just being in the range of "_stext" to "_end" is just an internal helper, why not do what we do all over the kernel, and just prefix the function with a couple of underscores, that denote that it's internal? __is_kernel_text()
OK, thanks for your advise, there's already a __is_kernel_text() in arch/x86/mm/init_32.c, I will change it to is_x32_kernel_text() to avoid conflict on x86_32.
Then you have:
static inline int is_kernel_text(unsigned long addr)
{
if (__is_kernel_text(addr))
return 1;
return in_gate_area_no_mm(addr);
}
-- Steve
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