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Date:	Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:33:56 -0700
From:	"Steven Noonan" <steven@...inklabs.net>
To:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip FIXED] ftrace: add nop tracer

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
> * Steven Noonan <steven@...inklabs.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Andrew Morton
>> <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:06:43 -0700
>> > Steven Noonan <steven@...inklabs.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
>> >> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
>> >> @@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ extern int trace_selftest_startup_preemptirqsoff(struct tracer *trace,
>> >>  extern int trace_selftest_startup_wakeup(struct tracer *trace,
>> >>                                        struct trace_array *tr);
>> >>  #endif
>> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_NOP_TRACER
>> >> +extern int trace_selftest_startup_nop(struct tracer *trace,
>> >> +                                      struct trace_array *tr);
>> >> +#endif
>> >>  #ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
>> >>  extern int trace_selftest_startup_sched_switch(struct tracer *trace,
>> >>                                              struct trace_array *tr);
>> >
>> > Consider omitting the ifdefs around the declarations.
>> >
>> > pro: the code looks nicer and is less likely to suffer build errors
>> > with weird config combinations.
>> >
>> > con: build errors are reported at link-time rather than at compile-time.
>> >
>> > Personally, I think pro>con here.
>> >
>>
>> I merely based this on one of the other tracers, so the ifdefs are
>> basically copied and renamed.
>
> yeah. Feel free to send a separate patch that implements Andrew's
> clean-up suggestion. I agree that pro>con.
>

How about this patch gets applied to -tip and I submit one that drops
the ifdefs on this and the other tracers?
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