linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] perf fixes

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:57:39 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] perf fixes

On Fri, 2012-06-22 at 17:51 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> I would also worry about the compiler being able to inline a function
> containing one of these, but that's a compiler thing, not a CPU type of
> thing.

You missed the beginning of the thread where we talked about the fact
that gcc will not put a mcount (or fentry) in an inlined function, so
that's not a worry.

-- Steve


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