On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (2010/09/13 10:06), Masami Hiramatsu wrote: >> (2010/09/12 19:49), Felipe Contreras wrote: >>> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> >>>> KALLSYMS and KALLSYMS_ALL depend on DEBUG_KERNEL, so add that dependency. >>>> KALLSYMS_ALL depends on KALLSYMS, so select both of them, not just KALLSYMS_ALL. >>>> >>>> warning: (OPTPROBES && KPROBES && HAVE_OPTPROBES && !PREEMPT || MTD_UBI_DEBUG && MTD && SYSFS && MTD_UBI || UBIFS_FS_DEBUG && MISC_FILESYSTEMS && UBIFS_FS || LOCKDEP && DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT || LATENCYTOP && HAVE_LATENCYTOP_SUPPORT) selects KALLSYMS_ALL which has unmet direct dependencies (DEBUG_KERNEL && KALLSYMS) >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Cc: Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> --- >>>> arch/Kconfig | 2 ++ >>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) >>>> >>>> --- linux-next-20100810.orig/arch/Kconfig >>>> +++ linux-next-20100810/arch/Kconfig >>>> @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ config OPTPROBES >>>> def_bool y >>>> depends on KPROBES && HAVE_OPTPROBES >>>> depends on !PREEMPT >>>> + depends on DEBUG_KERNEL >>>> + select KALLSYMS >>>> select KALLSYMS_ALL >>>> >>>> config HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS >>>> -- >>> >>> This causes another problem: >>> >>> arch/Kconfig:33:error: recursive dependency detected! >>> arch/Kconfig:33: symbol KPROBES depends on KALLSYMS >>> init/Kconfig:825: symbol KALLSYMS is selected by OPTPROBES >>> arch/Kconfig:44: symbol OPTPROBES depends on KPROBES >>> >>> The 'select KALLSYMS' is redundant. >>> >>> Otherwise: Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> >>> >> >> Thanks, let me clear the dependency; >> Kprobes uses kallsyms_lookup for finding target function and checking >> instruction boundary, thus CONFIG_KPROBES should select CONFIG_KALLSYMS >> and CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL. >> Optprobe is a optional feature which is supported on x86 arch, and >> it also uses kallsyms_lookup for checking instructions in the target >> function. Anyway, since optprobe itself is depends on kprobes, it doesn't >> need to select both of KALLSYMS/KALLSYMS_ALL. > > Hmm, wait, I might misunderstand something here. I thought > KALLSYMS_ALL added symbols of static functions. > But, does KALLSYMS_ALL just add symbols of variables? > If so, both of KPROBES and OPTPROBES require only KALLSYMS. > It means that they don't need to care about CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL. So: - select KALLSYMS_ALL + depends on KALLSYMS_ALL Because KALLSYMS_ALL depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KALLSYMS. -- Felipe Contreras -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html