linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ftrace/fgraph: fix increased missing-prototypes warnings

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Date:   Tue, 24 May 2022 19:17:18 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com>
Cc:     mark.rutland@....com, catalin.marinas@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kbuild-all@...ts.01.org,
        lkp@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace/fgraph: fix increased missing-prototypes
 warnings

The change this fixes was merged into the ARM tree and I do not have that
code, so I can not apply this.

-- Steve


On Fri,  6 May 2022 11:27:37 +0800
Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com> wrote:

> After commit e999995c84c3 ("ftrace: cleanup ftrace_graph_caller enable
> and disable") merged into the linux-next tree, the kernel test robot
> (lkp@...el.com) has send out report that there are increased missing-prototypes
> warnings caused by that commit.
> 
> COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-11.3.0 make.cross W=1 \
> 	O=build_dir ARCH=sh SHELL=/bin/bash kernel/trace/
> warning: no previous prototype for 'ftrace_enable_ftrace_graph_caller' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> warning: no previous prototype for 'ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> warning: no previous prototype for 'ftrace_return_to_handler' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> warning: no previous prototype for 'ftrace_graph_sleep_time_control' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> 
> BTW there are so many missing-prototypes warnings if build kernel with "W=1".
> 
> The increased warnings for 'ftrace_[enable,disable]_ftrace_graph_caller'
> is caused by CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER && !CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE,
> so the declarations in <linux/ftrace.h> can't be seen in fgraph.c.
> 
> And this warning can't reproduce on x86_64 since x86_64 select
> HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER only when DYNAMIC_FTRACE, so fgraph.c will
> always see the declarations in <linux/ftrace.h>.
> 
> This patch fix the increased warnings by put the definitions in
> CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE although there are no real problems exist.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/fgraph.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
> index 289311680c29..2cd374294be7 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/fgraph.c
> @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ int ftrace_graph_active;
>  /* Both enabled by default (can be cleared by function_graph tracer flags */
>  static bool fgraph_sleep_time = true;
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
>  /*
>   * archs can override this function if they must do something
>   * to enable hook for graph tracer.
> @@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ int __weak ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller(void)
>  {
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +#endif
>  
>  /**
>   * ftrace_graph_stop - set to permanently disable function graph tracing