linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/recordmcount.c: account for .softirqentry.text

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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:06:26 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ryabinin.a.a@...il.com,
        surovegin@...gle.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/recordmcount.c: account for .softirqentry.text

On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 11:02:36 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> > ---
> >  scripts/recordmcount.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
> > index 42396a7..a68f031 100644
> > --- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
> > +++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
> > @@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ is_mcounted_section_name(char const *const txtname)
> >  		strcmp(".sched.text",    txtname) == 0 ||
> >  		strcmp(".spinlock.text", txtname) == 0 ||
> >  		strcmp(".irqentry.text", txtname) == 0 ||
> > +		strcmp(".softirqentry.text", txtname) == 0 ||
> >  		strcmp(".kprobes.text", txtname) == 0 ||
> >  		strcmp(".text.unlikely", txtname) == 0;
> >  }  
> 

Oh, some archs still use recordmcount.pl. I'm guessing that needs to be
updated too:

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 96e2486..2d48011 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ my %text_sections = (
      ".sched.text" => 1,
      ".spinlock.text" => 1,
      ".irqentry.text" => 1,
+     ".softirqentry.text" => 1,
      ".kprobes.text" => 1,
      ".text.unlikely" => 1,
 );