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x86/ptrace: Remove unused regs_get_argument_nth API

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Because of dropping function argument syntax from kprobe-tracer,
we don't need this API anymore.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: systemtap <systemtap@sources.redhat.com>
Cc: DLE <dle-develop@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
LKML-Reference: <20100105224656.19431.92588.stgit@dhcp-100-2-132.bos.redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Masami Hiramatsu
2010-01-05 17:46:56 -05:00
committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 14640106f2
commit aa5add93e9
2 changed files with 0 additions and 28 deletions
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arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h
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@@ -274,10 +274,6 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
return 0; return 0;
} }
/* Get Nth argument at function call */
extern unsigned long regs_get_argument_nth(struct pt_regs *regs,
unsigned int n);
/* /*
* These are defined as per linux/ptrace.h, which see. * These are defined as per linux/ptrace.h, which see.
*/ */

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arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c
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@@ -140,30 +140,6 @@ static const int arg_offs_table[] = {
#endif #endif
}; };
/**
* regs_get_argument_nth() - get Nth argument at function call
* @regs: pt_regs which contains registers at function entry.
* @n: argument number.
*
* regs_get_argument_nth() returns @n th argument of a function call.
* Since usually the kernel stack will be changed right after function entry,
* you must use this at function entry. If the @n th entry is NOT in the
* kernel stack or pt_regs, this returns 0.
*/
unsigned long regs_get_argument_nth(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int n)
{
if (n < ARRAY_SIZE(arg_offs_table))
return *(unsigned long *)((char *)regs + arg_offs_table[n]);
else {
/*
* The typical case: arg n is on the stack.
* (Note: stack[0] = return address, so skip it)
*/
n -= ARRAY_SIZE(arg_offs_table);
return regs_get_kernel_stack_nth(regs, 1 + n);
}
}
/* /*
* does not yet catch signals sent when the child dies. * does not yet catch signals sent when the child dies.
* in exit.c or in signal.c. * in exit.c or in signal.c.