linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] ARM: ftrace: enable function graph tracer

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Date:	Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:06:28 +0000
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@...il.com>
To:	Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>
Cc:	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] ARM: ftrace: enable function graph tracer

On Saturday, November 6, 2010, Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in> wrote:
> Add the options to enable the function graph tracer on ARM.  Function
> graph tracer support requires frame pointers, so exclude Thumb-2 and
> also explicitly select FRAME_POINTER in FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER since
> FUNCTION_TRACER doesn't select FRAME_POINTER when ARM_UNWIND is used
> Therefore, with GCC 4.4.0+, you get plain function tracing without frame
> pointers, but you'll need them if you want function graph tracing.
.....
> --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ config FUNCTION_TRACER
>
>  config FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
>         bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer"
> +       select FRAME_POINTER if ARM_UNWIND

Would it be better to modify FRAME_POINTER definition in the ARM
Kconfig so that it is enabled automatically when FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
is enabled?

-- 
Catalin
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