linux-kernel - Re: [patch 05/11] microblaze/irqs: Do not trace arch_local_{*,irq

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Message-ID: <1309870162.26417.169.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:49:22 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	monstr@...str.eu
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 05/11] microblaze/irqs: Do not trace
 arch_local_{*,irq_*} functions

On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 12:43 +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> > From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
> > 
> > Do not trace arch_local_save_flags(), arch_local_irq_*() and friends.
> > Although they are marked inline, gcc may still make a function out of
> > them and add it to the pool of functions that are traced by the function
> > tracer. This can cause undesirable results (kernel panic, triple faults,
> > etc).
> > 
> > Add the notrace notation to prevent them from ever being traced.
> > 
> > Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> Applied.
> 

Thanks!

-- Steve


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