linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ftrace: fix function type mismatches

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Message-ID: <CABCJKueYhWL_YnkqRW9TtM4sTB50TNjTZ23_4xfpZNy0GwY5VA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:00:09 -0700
From:   Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace: fix function type mismatches

On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 11:26 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> Unfortunately, this breaks function graph tracing.

Thank you for pointing this out. I should have realized this solution
wouldn't work.

> Is there a way to do an alias or something that can fix whatever you
> are trying to fix?

Unfortunately, an alias doesn't work in this case either, because the
compiler still looks at the type of the target function. I'll find
another way to solve the issue.

Sami