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SubjectRe: [PATCH -v4 4/9] tracing: add static function tracer support for MIPS
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 04:52:06PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 13:30 -0700, Adam Nemet wrote:
> >
> > Speaking of performance, -pg also affects the instruction scheduling freedom
> > of the compiler in the prologue. With profiling, we limit optimizations not
> > to move instructions in and out of the prologue.
> >
> > Also note that for functions invoked via tail call you won't get an exit
> > event. E.g. if bar is tail-called from foo:
> >
> > foo entered
> > bar entered
> > foo/bar exited
> >
> > However, this is not MIPS-specific and you can always disable tail calls
> > with -fno-optimize-sibling-calls.


Ouch..


> The question is, would bar have a _mcount call? So far, we have not had
> any issues with this on either x86 nor PPC.


Nothing would prevent that I guess. I mean, we are doing a very specific
use of -pg, and common uses wouldn't require to disable the mcount call on
bar in this situation, so it's not something that -pg is supposed to care
about.


> /me knocks on wood.


Me too (but not so hard...)



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