From: Steven Rostedt The init and exit sections should not be traced and adding a call to mcount to them is a waste of text and instruction cache. Have the macro section attributes include notrace to ignore these functions for tracing from the build. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110421023738.953028219@goodmis.org Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- include/linux/init.h | 14 +++++++------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h index 577671c..9146f39 100644 --- a/include/linux/init.h +++ b/include/linux/init.h @@ -79,29 +79,29 @@ #define __exitused __used #endif -#define __exit __section(.exit.text) __exitused __cold +#define __exit __section(.exit.text) __exitused __cold notrace /* Used for HOTPLUG */ -#define __devinit __section(.devinit.text) __cold +#define __devinit __section(.devinit.text) __cold notrace #define __devinitdata __section(.devinit.data) #define __devinitconst __section(.devinit.rodata) -#define __devexit __section(.devexit.text) __exitused __cold +#define __devexit __section(.devexit.text) __exitused __cold notrace #define __devexitdata __section(.devexit.data) #define __devexitconst __section(.devexit.rodata) /* Used for HOTPLUG_CPU */ -#define __cpuinit __section(.cpuinit.text) __cold +#define __cpuinit __section(.cpuinit.text) __cold notrace #define __cpuinitdata __section(.cpuinit.data) #define __cpuinitconst __section(.cpuinit.rodata) -#define __cpuexit __section(.cpuexit.text) __exitused __cold +#define __cpuexit __section(.cpuexit.text) __exitused __cold notrace #define __cpuexitdata __section(.cpuexit.data) #define __cpuexitconst __section(.cpuexit.rodata) /* Used for MEMORY_HOTPLUG */ -#define __meminit __section(.meminit.text) __cold +#define __meminit __section(.meminit.text) __cold notrace #define __meminitdata __section(.meminit.data) #define __meminitconst __section(.meminit.rodata) -#define __memexit __section(.memexit.text) __exitused __cold +#define __memexit __section(.memexit.text) __exitused __cold notrace #define __memexitdata __section(.memexit.data) #define __memexitconst __section(.memexit.rodata) -- 1.7.4.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/