On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 02:00:02PM +0530, Jay Aurabind wrote: > On 20 April 2016 at 12:56, Cihangir Akturk <cakturk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 06:17:38AM +0000, Nijam Haider wrote: > >> i was going through the code leds-gpio.c. > >> i found a function "platform_gpio_blink_set" declared under private data of > >> "gpio_led_data",and was trying to get through this function. But hardly i can > >> find any link to definition for the same anywhere. > > > > Hi, > > > > That is a function pointer, so you should search assignments to > > that pointer. That way you can find the real function you are > > looking for. > > I've spotted such usages in a lot of places, outside the kernel as > well. Just wanted know if there is a smarted way of finding the > assignments, like some tools or any other tips which people could use > to make life easier ? I've been able to print the address of the functions (once it has been assigned), then check the System.map for the function name. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
