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

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Message-ID: <000a4736-bf65-4fe2-a764-e383927bb59e@paulmck-laptop>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 07:47:01 -0800
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.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 Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 09:33:56AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 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.

Works for me!

Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>

							Thanx, Paul