linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tracing: Remove definition of trace_*

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Message-ID: <20241204093356.2d578657@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 09:33:56 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Linux Trace Kernel <linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Masami Hiramatsu
 <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>, Thomas Bogendoerfer
 <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, Paul Burton
 <paulburton@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tracing: Remove definition of trace_*_rcuidle()

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 21:01:59 -0800
"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org> wrote:

> > Paul?  
> 
> Looks plausible to me, though I don't understand why the introduction
> of trace() doesn't permit removal of the corresponding current code.
> (Or did I miss a previous patch that did just that?)
> 

I removed the trace_*_rcuidle() code, but this file still used it. I didn't
realize that removing the trace_*_rcuidle() in this file would break other
architectures.

This patch is a work around to not need to re-introduce the
trace_*_rcuidle() code.

-- Steve