From: Steven Rostedt With gcc 4.6, the self test kprobe function: kprobe_trace_selftest_target() is optimized such that kallsyms does not list it. The kprobes test uses this function to insert a probe and test it. But it will fail the test if the function is not listed in kallsyms. Adding a __used annotation keeps the symbol in the kallsyms table. Suggested-by: David Daney Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c index f925c45..27d13b3 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c @@ -1870,8 +1870,12 @@ fs_initcall(init_kprobe_trace); #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST -static int kprobe_trace_selftest_target(int a1, int a2, int a3, - int a4, int a5, int a6) +/* + * The "__used" keeps gcc from removing the function symbol + * from the kallsyms table. + */ +static __used int kprobe_trace_selftest_target(int a1, int a2, int a3, + int a4, int a5, int a6) { return a1 + a2 + a3 + a4 + a5 + a6; } -- 1.7.4.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/