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From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:48:41 +0100
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> wrote:

> After looking into the test it appears that two random functions are
> enough to be specified because the actual purpose is it to figure out if
> the function is recorded and not the actual functionality behind the
> function.

Correct. And if I ever do get a chance to revisit this test, I plan on
adding a bunch of comments to it. It's hard enough to add tests for one's
code, but even harder to document what those tests actually do ;-)

-- Steve