This patch enables the loading of the __mcount_section of modules and changing all the callers of mcount into nops. The modification is done before the init_module function is called, so again, we do not need to use kstop_machine to make these changes. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- include/linux/ftrace.h | 3 +++ kernel/module.c | 11 +++++++++++ kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+) Index: linux-tip.git/include/linux/ftrace.h =================================================================== --- linux-tip.git.orig/include/linux/ftrace.h 2008-08-14 13:59:19.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-tip.git/include/linux/ftrace.h 2008-08-14 14:03:44.000000000 -0400 @@ -143,8 +143,11 @@ ftrace_special(unsigned long arg1, unsig #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD extern void ftrace_init(void); +extern void ftrace_init_module(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end); #else static inline void ftrace_init(void) { } +static inline void +ftrace_init_module(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end) { } #endif #endif /* _LINUX_FTRACE_H */ Index: linux-tip.git/kernel/module.c =================================================================== --- linux-tip.git.orig/kernel/module.c 2008-08-14 13:55:13.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-tip.git/kernel/module.c 2008-08-14 14:03:44.000000000 -0400 @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #if 0 #define DEBUGP printk @@ -1835,6 +1836,7 @@ static struct module *load_module(void _ unsigned int markersstringsindex; unsigned int tracepointsindex; unsigned int tracepointsstringsindex; + unsigned int mcountindex; struct module *mod; long err = 0; void *percpu = NULL, *ptr = NULL; /* Stops spurious gcc warning */ @@ -2125,6 +2127,9 @@ static struct module *load_module(void _ tracepointsstringsindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, "__tracepoints_strings"); + mcountindex = find_sec(hdr, sechdrs, secstrings, + "__mcount_loc"); + /* Now do relocations. */ for (i = 1; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) { const char *strtab = (char *)sechdrs[strindex].sh_addr; @@ -2185,6 +2190,12 @@ static struct module *load_module(void _ mod->tracepoints + mod->num_tracepoints); #endif } + + if (mcountindex) { + void *mseg = (void *)sechdrs[mcountindex].sh_addr; + ftrace_init_module(mseg, mseg + sechdrs[mcountindex].sh_size); + } + err = module_finalize(hdr, sechdrs, mod); if (err < 0) goto cleanup; Index: linux-tip.git/kernel/trace/ftrace.c =================================================================== --- linux-tip.git.orig/kernel/trace/ftrace.c 2008-08-14 13:59:19.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-tip.git/kernel/trace/ftrace.c 2008-08-14 14:03:44.000000000 -0400 @@ -1548,6 +1548,11 @@ static int ftrace_convert_nops(unsigned return 0; } +void ftrace_init_module(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end) +{ + ftrace_convert_nops(start, end); +} + extern unsigned long __start_mcount_loc[]; extern unsigned long __stop_mcount_loc[]; -- -- 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/