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From: tip-bot for Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com,
	rostedt@goodmis.org, srostedt@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: [tip:perf/core] ftrace/x86: Do not trace .discard.text section
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:07:31 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-406a733db0052fed66d17008430b6047ecea7b92@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110421023739.243651696@goodmis.org>

Commit-ID:  406a733db0052fed66d17008430b6047ecea7b92
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/406a733db0052fed66d17008430b6047ecea7b92
Author:     Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:43:29 -0400
Committer:  Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 17 May 2011 10:41:55 -0400

ftrace/x86: Do not trace .discard.text section

The section called .discard.text has tracing attached to it and is
currently ignored by ftrace. But it does include a call to the mcount
stub. Adding a notrace to the code keeps gcc from adding the useless
mcount caller to it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110421023739.243651696@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index db8aa19..647d8a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align);
  * executable.)
  */
 #define RESERVE_BRK(name,sz)						\
-	static void __section(.discard.text) __used			\
+	static void __section(.discard.text) __used notrace		\
 	__brk_reservation_fn_##name##__(void) {				\
 		asm volatile (						\
 			".pushsection .brk_reservation,\"aw\",@nobits;" \

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-06-16 14:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-21  2:28 [RFC][PATCH 00/11] ftrace/recordmcount: Remove useless mcount calls not being traced Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 01/11] ftrace/trivial: Clean up recordmcount.c to use Linux style comparisons Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  8:46   ` Alan Cox
2011-04-21 11:36     ` Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21 12:28       ` Steven Rostedt
2011-04-22 15:09   ` John Reiser
2011-04-22 15:52     ` Thiago Farina
2011-04-22 16:05       ` Steven Rostedt
2011-04-26 18:52         ` Thiago Farina
2011-04-26 19:09           ` Steven Rostedt
2011-04-22 16:13     ` Steven Rostedt
2011-04-22 17:40       ` John Reiser
2011-04-22 17:56         ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-05-18 18:31   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:04   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 02/11] ftrace/trivial: Clean up record mcount to use Linux switch style Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18 18:31   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:04   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 03/11] ftrace: Add .kprobe.text section to whitelist for recordmcount.c Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18 18:32   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:05   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 04/11] ftrace/recordmcount: Modify only executable sections Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18 18:32   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:05   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 05/11] ftrace/recordmcount: Make ignored mcount calls into nops at compile time Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18 18:32   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:05   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 06/11] ftrace/recordmcount: Add warning logic to warn on mcount not recorded Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18 18:33   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:06   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 07/11] kbuild/recordmcount: Add RECORDMCOUNT_WARN to warn about mcount callers Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:40   ` Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21 20:40   ` Michal Marek
2011-04-26 19:08     ` Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18 18:33   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:06   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 08/11] ftrace: Avoid recording mcount on .init sections directly Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18 18:34   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:07   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 09/11] ftrace/x86: Do not trace .discard.text section Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18 18:34   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:07   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt [this message]
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 10/11] ftrace/recordmcount: Remove duplicate code to find mcount symbol Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18 18:34   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:07   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-04-21  2:28 ` [RFC][PATCH 11/11] ftrace/recordmcount: Add helper function get_sym_str_and_relp() Steven Rostedt
2011-05-18 18:35   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
2011-06-16 14:08   ` tip-bot for Steven Rostedt

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