linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ftrace/x86: Add support for C version of recordmcount

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Message-ID: <1287113003.23682.29.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:23:23 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, John Reiser <jreiser@...wagon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ftrace/x86: Add support for C version of
 recordmcount

On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 05:18 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 04:50 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> > Also, perl was much easier to do.
> 
> Lets write the whole kernel in perl and forget about performance ;-)

Shhh, you're letting people know about my evil secret agenda!


> > > 
> > > The naming is inconsistent here - it should be HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT, like 
> > > the build variable has, and like the utility is called. If we are going 
> > > to add this flag to most architectures we should name it consistently.
> > 
> > Sure, want me to rebase it or just write a patch on top of it?
> 
> Sure, patch on top would be fine.

OK, I'll add a patch on top.

Thanks,

-- Steve


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