linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/ftrace: use ftrace

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Date:   Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:13:30 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     "chengjian (D)" <cj.chengjian@...wei.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>,
        <huawei.libin@...wei.com>, <tglx@...utronix.de>, <x86@...nel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <bobo.shaobowang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/ftrace: use ftrace_write to simplify code

On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:20:13 +0800
"chengjian (D)" <cj.chengjian@...wei.com> wrote:

> On 2020/1/14 16:16, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 01:52:17AM +0000, Cheng Jian wrote:  
> >> ftrace_write() can be used in ftrace_modify_code_direct(),
> >> that make the code more brief.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Cheng Jian <cj.chengjian@...wei.com>  
> > None of the code you're patching still exists. Please see tip/master.
> >
> > .  
> 
> 
> I find these patches in TIP. My patch may not be necessary.
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=768ae4406a5cab7e8702550f2446dbeb377b798d
> 
> Thank you, Peter.
> 

I was thinking that Peter's changes made it to mainline already (and I
just rebased my next merge window work on 5.5-rc6).

I should have told you this :-/

-- Steve