[PATCH] make fault notifier unconditional and export it
It's needed for external debuggers and overhead is very small.
Also make the actual notifier chain they use static
Cc: jbeulich@novell.com
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c
index 449a437..3ae3e7b 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
#define PF_RSVD (1<<3)
#define PF_INSTR (1<<4)
-#ifdef CONFIG_KPROBES
-ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(notify_page_fault_chain);
+static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(notify_page_fault_chain);
/* Hook to register for page fault notifications */
int register_page_fault_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
@@ -49,11 +48,13 @@
vmalloc_sync_all();
return atomic_notifier_chain_register(¬ify_page_fault_chain, nb);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_page_fault_notifier);
int unregister_page_fault_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(¬ify_page_fault_chain, nb);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_page_fault_notifier);
static inline int notify_page_fault(enum die_val val, const char *str,
struct pt_regs *regs, long err, int trap, int sig)
@@ -67,13 +68,6 @@
};
return atomic_notifier_call_chain(¬ify_page_fault_chain, val, &args);
}
-#else
-static inline int notify_page_fault(enum die_val val, const char *str,
- struct pt_regs *regs, long err, int trap, int sig)
-{
- return NOTIFY_DONE;
-}
-#endif
void bust_spinlocks(int yes)
{