linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: don't use mcount in pvclock.c

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Message-ID: <4C9A9A3F.4040201@goop.org>
Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:07:27 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
CC:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <Xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: don't use mcount in pvclock.c



When using a paravirt clock, pvclock.c can be used by sched_clock(),
which in turn is used by the tracing mechanism for timestamps,
which leads to infinite recursion.

Disable mcount/tracing for pvclock.o.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index f3477bb..35b447c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_tsc.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_rtc.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_paravirt-spinlocks.o = -pg
+CFLAGS_REMOVE_pvclock.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_early_printk.o = -pg
 endif


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