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Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:25:41 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [tip: core/rcu] rcu/tree: Mark the idle relevant functions
 noinstr

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 07:52:33PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> @@ -979,7 +988,7 @@ static void rcu_disable_urgency_upon_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp)
>   * if the current CPU is not in its idle loop or is in an interrupt or
>   * NMI handler, return true.
>   */
> -bool notrace rcu_is_watching(void)
> +bool rcu_is_watching(void)
>  {
>  	bool ret;
>  

This ^..

it is required because __ftrace_ops_list_func() /
ftrace_ops_assist_func() call it outside of ftrace recursion, but only
when FL_RCU, and perf happens to be the only user of that.

another morning wasted... :/