# Re: \[RFC PATCH bpf-next 0/3\] ftrace, kprobes, bpf: mark trampoline/kprobe ftrace\_ops permanent

- From: Steven Rostedt \<rostedt@goodmis.org\>
- Date: 2026-07-29 19:45:12 
- List: linux-trace-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2026/07/17337652
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/bpf/2026/07/17332547/t.md

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On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:20:17 -0400
Andrey Grodzovsky [ref] wrote:

> Should I also clean up the entire PERMANENT flag logic we now have and
> drop the flag itself?

No, because we may need it in the unlikely case that we need to revert the
disabling of ftrace_enabled code.

After so many years, we can drop that flag if nobody complains.

-- Steve
```