Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jul 2014 22:55:12 -0400 (EDT) | From | Nicolas Pitre <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/4] ARM: add IPI tracepoints |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2014, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:55:42 -0400 (EDT) > Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> wrote: > > > > > Here's the patch I have at the head of the series now, with the above > > ugliness changed to an unconditional __tracepoint_string attribute. > > > > I was thinking of something like this. Feel free to add this to your > series.
OK. Same end result, but much clearer. Thanks.
Any comments / ACKs on the other patches? I'd like to see 1/4 to 3/4 (and your patch) merged upstream during the next window. 4/4 is up for debate.
> -- Steve > > From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Do not do anything special with tracepoint_string when tracing is disabled > > When CONFIG_TRACING is not enabled, there's no reason to save the trace > strings either by the linker or as a static variable that can be > referenced later. Simply pass back the string that is given to > tracepoint_string(). > > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> > --- > diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h > index cff3106..b296363 100644 > --- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h > +++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h > @@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ do { \ > __trace_printk(ip, fmt, ##args); \ > } while (0) > > +#ifdef CONFIG_TRACING > /** > * tracepoint_string - register constant persistent string to trace system > * @str - a constant persistent string that will be referenced in tracepoints > @@ -607,6 +608,15 @@ do { \ > ___tp_str; \ > }) > #define __tracepoint_string __attribute__((section("__tracepoint_str"))) > +#else > +/* > + * tracepoint_string() is used to save the string address for userspace > + * tracing tools. When tracing isn't configured, there's no need to save > + * anything. > + */ > +# define tracepoint_string(str) str > +# define __tracepoint_string > +#endif > > #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS > struct perf_event; > >
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