linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] tracing: Remove "__attribute_

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Message-ID: <20250714103248.0673aba8@batman.local.home>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:32:48 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] tracing: Remove "__attribute__()" from the type
 field of event format

On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 23:14:12 +0900
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org> wrote:

> Hmm, is this called unless loading modules? It seems that the
> function is only kicked from trace_module_notify() -> trace_module_add_evals() -> trace_insert_eval_map() (but if mod has any trace_evals)

As it has to work on non-module events, yes it is called.

late_init_syscall() -> trace_eval_init() -> queue_work(eval_map_work)

  eval_map_work_func() -> trace_insert_eval_map() -> ...

-- Steve