linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/19] ftrace/x86: Remove function_trace

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Message-Id: <20120721022108.597891394@goodmis.org>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:19:51 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [PATCH 08/19] ftrace/x86: Remove function_trace_stop check from graph caller

From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>

The graph caller is called by the mcount callers, which already does
the check against the function_trace_stop variable. No reason to
check it again.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120711195745.588538769@goodmis.org

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S |    3 ---
 arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S |    3 ---
 2 files changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
index 4dc3017..061ac17 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -1241,9 +1241,6 @@ END(mcount)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 ENTRY(ftrace_graph_caller)
-	cmpl $0, function_trace_stop
-	jne ftrace_stub
-
 	pushl %eax
 	pushl %ecx
 	pushl %edx
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index 52bda2e..38308fa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -213,9 +213,6 @@ END(mcount)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 ENTRY(ftrace_graph_caller)
-	cmpl $0, function_trace_stop
-	jne ftrace_stub
-
 	MCOUNT_SAVE_FRAME
 
 	leaq 8(%rbp), %rdi
-- 
1.7.10.4



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