Thread (23 messages) 23 messages, 8 authors, 2016-08-17

[PATCH v2 1/2] arm64: implement FTRACE_WITH_REGS

From: rostedt@goodmis.org (Steven Rostedt)
Date: 2016-07-15 18:36:24
Also in: linux-arch, lkml

On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 11:06:32 +0200
Torsten Duwe [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Maybe the code in question can be replaced with the change below, now that
there is a preprocessor define in V2?
(untested)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 3f743b1..695a646 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -2423,6 +2423,12 @@ ftrace_code_disable(struct module *mod, struct dyn_ftrace *rec)
 	if (unlikely(ftrace_disabled))
 		return 0;
 
+#ifdef CC_USING_PROLOG_PAD
+	/* If the compiler already generated NOPs instead of
+	 * calls to mcount, we're done here.
+	*/
+	return 1;
+#endif
I really hate adding #ifdef's like this in generic code if the arch can
handle it with some other means.

-- Steve

 	ret = ftrace_make_nop(mod, rec, MCOUNT_ADDR);
 	if (ret) {
 		ftrace_bug(ret, rec);
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