linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/4] ftrace: Do not test frame pointers if -mfentry is used

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Date:	Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:49:08 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/4] ftrace: Do not test frame pointers if -mfentry
 is used

On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 13:34 +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>  
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST) && !defined(CC_USING_FENTRY)
> 
> I think CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY would better unselect
> CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST in arch/x86/Kconfig explicitly.

No, CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY just means fentry is supported, it does not mean
that it is being used. It only gets used if CC_USING_FENTRY is set,
which is set by the Makefile at time of compile.

If CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY is defined, a test is done to see if the gcc
compiling the kernel supports -mfentry. If it does, then it defines the
CC_USING_FENTRY macro, if not, the macro is not defined and the old way
is performed.

If the old way is performed, even if CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY is defined, then
we still need the above test. We can not have CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY
unselect CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST.

-- Steve

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