[PATCH 0/2] make weak attributes in {k,u}probes

Naveen N. Rao naveen.n.rao at linux.ibm.com
Tue Sep 20 10:02:46 PDT 2022


Yipeng Zou wrote:
> We have some function implementation under some arch does nothing.
> We can mark it with weak attributes to improve.

That's not always an improvement. See [1] for an example, among many 
other patches to reduce use of __weak functions in the kernel.

As an alternative, please consider the approach used in [1].


- Naveen

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220519091237.676736-1-naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com/




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