[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:36:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@....com.au>
Subject: Re: [10/19] ftrace: add basic support for gcc profiler instrumentation
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> On Feb 10 2008 08:20, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >--- linux.orig/Makefile
> >+++ linux/Makefile
> >@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@ endif
> >
> > include $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile
> >
> >+ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE
> >+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -pg
> >+endif
> > ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
> > KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
> > else
>
> You should use -fno-omit-frame-pointer when building with -pg; As far
> as I can remember from using gprof in the past (in userspace, I might
> add), the output does not make much sense without frame boundaries.
>
It is, but is hidden in the Kconfig. I moved it to Kconfig as it was
recommended to me because it is cleaner to do it there.
Two patches later:
+config FTRACE
+ bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HAVE_FTRACE
+ select FRAME_POINTER
-- Steve
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Powered by blists - more mailing lists