linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: bpf: Hide bpf trace events when they are not used

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Message-ID: <20171016162151.3578ddd5@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:21:51 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: bpf: Hide bpf trace events when they are not
 used

On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 21:11:06 +0100 (WEST)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:01:25 -0400
> 
> > On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 20:54:34 +0100 (WEST)
> > David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> >   
> >> Steven, I lost track of how this patch is being handled.
> >> 
> >> Do you want me to merge it via my net-next tree?  
> > 
> > If you want. I could take it too if you give me an ack. It's not
> > dependent on any other changes so it doesn't matter which way it goes. I
> > know Alexei was thinking about doing the same for xdp but those appear
> > to be used even without BPF_SYSCALLS.  
> 
> Ok, applied to my net-next tree and if you want to apply it to your's
> too, here is the ACK:
> 
> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

Thanks! But if you are taking it, I'm fine with that. It may be a while
before I get my tool applied that detects unused tracepoints at compile
time. I have it working at runtime, but rather have a compiler warning.

-- Steve