linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/13 v2] ftrace: handle generic arch calls

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Date:	Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:35:53 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Abhishek Sagar <sagar.abhishek@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13 v2] ftrace: handle generic arch calls


* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> The recordmcount script requires that the actual arch is passed in.
> This works well when ARCH=i386 or ARCH=x86_64 but does not handle the
> case of ARCH=x86.
> 
> This patch adds a parameter to the function to pass in the number of
> bits of the architecture. So that it can determine if x86 should be
> run for x86_64 or i386 archs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>

small sidenote: please preserve feedback/review activities in the 
changelog, even if there is no delta patch. I have added this to the 
changelog:

 v2: fix i386 bug, noticed by Andrew Morton

	Ingo
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