Re: [PATCH] Kprobes - Declare kprobe_mutex static

On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 03:52:41PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Kprobes - Declare kprobe_mutex static
> 
> Since it will not be used by other kernel objects, it makes sense to declare it
> static.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <[email protected]>

Thanks Mathieu

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> ---
>  kernel/kprobes.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6-lttng/kernel/kprobes.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/kernel/kprobes.c	2007-07-14 15:49:17.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6-lttng/kernel/kprobes.c	2007-07-14 15:49:27.000000000 -0400
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static atomic_t kprobe_count;
>  /* NOTE: change this value only with kprobe_mutex held */
>  static bool kprobe_enabled;
> 
> -DEFINE_MUTEX(kprobe_mutex);		/* Protects kprobe_table */
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(kprobe_mutex);	/* Protects kprobe_table */
>  DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kretprobe_lock);	/* Protects kretprobe_inst_table */
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kprobe *, kprobe_instance) = NULL;
> 
> -- 
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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