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Date:	Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:46:40 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] tracing: move __DO_TRACE out of line


* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org> wrote:

> From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
> 
> Mainly simplify linux/tracepoint.h's include dependencies (removes 
> rcupdate.h), but it can't help with icache locality, since it 
> definitely moves the code out of line, rather than relying on gcc 
> to do it.

> --- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
> @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
>   */
>  
>  #include <linux/types.h>
> -#include <linux/rcupdate.h>

nice!

> +#define DEFINE_DO_TRACE(name, proto, args)				\
> +	void __do_trace_##name(struct tracepoint *tp, TP_PROTO(proto))	\
> +	{								\

that needs to be marked notrace, otherwise the function tracer 
becomes noisy. (or even lockupy.)

	Ingo
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