linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] ftrace: handle generic arch calls

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Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:02:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, fweisbec@...il.com,
	sagar.abhishek@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	srostedt@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] ftrace: handle generic arch calls



On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:43:14 -0400
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> 
> > +if ($arch eq "x86") {
> > +    if ($bits == 64) {
> > +	$arch = "x86_64";
> > +    } else {
> > +	$arch = "xi386";
> 
> ?
> 
> > +    }
> 
> (how well was this tested?)

I've tested this with !CONFIG_FTRACE, CONFIG_FTRACE & 
!CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE, and CONFIG_FTRACE & CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE. I did 
only test this on x86_64, so that explains why the i386 was broken :-(

I'll boot up my i386 box, and start running the tests there too.

-- Steve



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