kernel/module.c: do not inline do_init_module()
authorJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:46:50 +0000 (13:46 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:34:53 +0000 (14:34 -0800)
This provides a reliable breakpoint target, required for automatic symbol
loading via the gdb helper command 'lx-symbols'.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Ben Widawsky <ben@bwidawsk.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/module.c

index 8426ad4..b34813f 100644 (file)
@@ -3025,8 +3025,13 @@ static void do_free_init(struct rcu_head *head)
        kfree(m);
 }
 
-/* This is where the real work happens */
-static int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
+/*
+ * This is where the real work happens.
+ *
+ * Keep it uninlined to provide a reliable breakpoint target, e.g. for the gdb
+ * helper command 'lx-symbols'.
+ */
+static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod)
 {
        int ret = 0;
        struct mod_initfree *freeinit;