Thread (39 messages) 39 messages, 5 authors, 2010-02-23

[PATCH 04/10] ARM: ftrace: allow building without frame pointers

From: rostedt@goodmis.org (Steven Rostedt)
Date: 2010-02-23 13:49:22
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On Sun, 2010-02-14 at 01:18 +0530, Rabin Vincent wrote:
With a new enough GCC, ARM function tracing can be supported without the
need for frame pointers.  This is essential for Thumb-2 support, since
frame pointers aren't available then.

Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <redacted>
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diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 6c22d8a..7468ffe 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ if FTRACE
 config FUNCTION_TRACER
 	bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
 	depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
-	select FRAME_POINTER
+	select FRAME_POINTER if (!ARM_UNWIND)
 	select KALLSYMS
 	select GENERIC_TRACER
 	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
Ah, evolution is keeping these patches out of order, so I did not see
this change before commenting about the change to the Makefile.

A better comment is needed in the Makefile.

-- Steve
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