linux-kernel - Re: [v2] ftrace: Match dot symbols when searching functions on ppc64

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Message-Id: <3qwfDy0RZ7z9t7M@ozlabs.org>
Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2016 00:22:57 +1000 (AEST)
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [v2] ftrace: Match dot symbols when searching functions on ppc64

On Mon, 2016-25-04 at 21:56:14 UTC, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> In the ppc64 big endian ABI, function symbols point to function
> descriptors. The symbols which point to the function entry points
> have a dot in front of the function name. Consequently, when the
> ftrace filter mechanism searches for the symbol corresponding to
> an entry point address, it gets the dot symbol.
...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/7132e2d669bd42c3783327f301

cheers