linux-kernel - Re: [Drbd-dev] [PATCH -next] drbd: trace depends on TRACING

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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:37:47 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@...bit.com>
Cc:	drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Drbd-dev] [PATCH -next] drbd: trace depends on TRACING

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 05:32:50PM +0200, Philipp Reisner wrote:
> On Saturday 26 September 2009 01:03:04 Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> >
> > DRBD_TRACE should depend on TRACING.
> > It's also possible that TRACEPOINTS should depend on TRACING.
> >
> 
> Hi Randy,
> 
> I tried to figure out in which way that should be done. By looking
> at "BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE" I got the impression that this should
> be done by adding "select GENERIC_TRACER".

Neither really.  The only way of tracing that should be used is the
TRACE_EVENT macros, which compile away to nothing if tracing is
disabled, so no dependency is needed at all.

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