Hi - On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 08:58:19AM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > [...] > > > Current systemtap marker support code relies on the __markers_strings > > > section. > > Let users know that in comment above section definition in ld script. > [...] > /* Markers: strings (used by SystemTAP) */ \ > [...]
I did not mean to imply that this was a necessary state of affairs. The marker metadata must be stored in at least one place in the kernel image - this just happens to be a convenient one that David Smith's recent systemtap code used. Without it, we'd probably have to do a more complicated search, following the pointers within the __markers structs. That could work, but it hasn't been built/tested. So, this proposed change (removal of this section) would break systemtap, and we have to jump through more hoops to make it work again. Is the change worth it? - FChE - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
