linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 12/13] powerpc/ftrace: Prepare ftrace_64

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Date:   Tue, 15 Feb 2022 08:33:07 +0000
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "live-patching@...r.kernel.org" <live-patching@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 12/13] powerpc/ftrace: Prepare ftrace_64_mprofile.S for
 reuse by PPC32



Le 14/02/2022 à 18:51, Naveen N. Rao a écrit :
> Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> PPC64 mprofile versions and PPC32 are very similar.
>>
>> Modify PPC64 version so that if can be reused for PPC32.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
>> ---
>>  .../powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace_64_mprofile.S | 73 +++++++++++++------
>>  1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> While I agree that ppc32 and -mprofile-kernel ftrace code are very 
> similar, I think this patch adds way too many #ifdefs. IMHO, this
> makes the resultant code quite difficult to follow.

Ok, I can introduce some GAS macros for a few of them in a followup patch.

Christophe