Thank you all for replies. sure these are helping a lot. On Wed 27 Apr, 2016 8:35 am Jay Aurabind, <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 27 April 2016 at 07:05, John de la Garza <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 02:00:02PM +0530, Jay Aurabind wrote: > >> On 20 April 2016 at 12:56, Cihangir Akturk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 06:17:38AM +0000, Nijam Haider wrote: > >> >> i was going through the code leds-gpio.c. > >> >> i found a function "platform_gpio_blink_set" declared under private > data of > >> >> "gpio_led_data",and was trying to get through this function. But > hardly i can > >> >> find any link to definition for the same anywhere. > >> > > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > That is a function pointer, so you should search assignments to > >> > that pointer. That way you can find the real function you are > >> > looking for. > >> > >> I've spotted such usages in a lot of places, outside the kernel as > >> well. Just wanted know if there is a smarted way of finding the > >> assignments, like some tools or any other tips which people could use > >> to make life easier ? > > > > I've been able to print the address of the functions (once it has > > been assigned), then check the System.map for the function name. > > Thank you all for the smart answers! > > -- > > Thanks and Regards, > Aurabindo J >
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