linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use -mcount-record for dynamic ftrace

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Date:	Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:03:47 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, mmarek@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use -mcount-record for dynamic ftrace

On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:55:08 -0700
Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> > Interesting. But I can't accept this until I can test it. I don't have
> 
> AFAIK that's a unique policy. I don't think any other maintainer operates
> this way.

Um, really? Other maintainers don't test patches that they maintain?
This isn't like hardware that I don't have. This could certainly affect
people if it breaks, and I will be responsible to fix it. I'm not going
to do that until I have a setup where I can test things that break.


> 
> > I wonder who's responsible for
> > https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/
> > 
> > If they can add a i386/x86_64 build for gcc5 I'll be happy to download
> > it and test this patch.
> 
> That doesn't make any sense.
> 

What, adding gcc5 to the crosstools suite? Why not?

-- Steve
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