[DTrace-devel] [PATCH 2/4] fbt: clean up fprobe/kprobe support
Eugene Loh
eugene.loh at oracle.com
Thu Dec 5 22:58:04 UTC 2024
On 12/5/24 17:17, Kris Van Hees wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 05:05:15PM -0500, Eugene Loh wrote:
>> I wouldn't mind a few commit msg words on what "clean up" means.
>>
>> Mostly, how/where is dt_fbt_fprobe used? Put another way...
>>
>> On 12/5/24 13:53, Kris Van Hees via DTrace-devel wrote:
>>> diff --git a/libdtrace/dt_prov_fbt.c b/libdtrace/dt_prov_fbt.c
>>> @@ -73,9 +75,10 @@ static int populate(dtrace_hdl_t *dtp)
>>> dtrace_syminfo_t sip;
>>> dtrace_probedesc_t pd;
>>> - impl = BPF_HAS(dtp, BPF_FEAT_FENTRY) ? &dt_fbt_fprobe : &dt_fbt_kprobe;
>>> + if (!BPF_HAS(dtp, BPF_FEAT_FENTRY))
>>> + dt_fbt = dt_fbt_kprobe;
>> If the BPF_HAS() test passes, shouldn't we have basically
>> dt_fbt=dt_fbt_fprobe? In which case, one might arguably go back to the
>> ternary op?
> Since dt_fbt is initialized as dt_fbt_fprobe (the default), this conditional
> sets it to dt_fbt_kprobe if fprobes are not available. I figured that was
> obvious from the code.
Sorry, where should I look to see that dt_fbt is initialized to
dt_fbt_fprobe?
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