Re: [tip:perf/core] jump label: x86 support

From: Jason Baron
Date: Fri Sep 24 2010 - 12:47:01 EST


On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 09:19:36AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 09/24/2010 02:01 AM, tip-bot for Jason Baron wrote:
> > Commit-ID: d9f5ab7b1c0a520867af389bab5d5fcdbd0e407e
> > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/d9f5ab7b1c0a520867af389bab5d5fcdbd0e407e
> > Author: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > AuthorDate: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:09:22 -0400
> > Committer: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CommitDate: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:33:03 -0400
> >
> > jump label: x86 support
> >
> > add x86 support for jump label. I'm keeping this patch separate so its clear
> > to arch maintainers what was required for x86 support this new feature.
> > Hopefully, it wouldn't be too painful for other archs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > LKML-Reference: <f838f49f40fbea0254036194be66dc48b598dcea.1284733808.git.jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > [ cleaned up some formatting ]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
> > arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 2 +-
> > arch/x86/kernel/jump_label.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > arch/x86/kernel/module.c | 3 ++
> > 5 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > index cea0cd9..afcd663 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ config X86
> > select ANON_INODES
> > select HAVE_ARCH_KMEMCHECK
> > select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
> > + select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL if !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
> >
> > config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
> > def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)
>
> What the heck? I had NAKed at least this chunk already...
>
> -hpa
>

The !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE condition is subsequently removed by a
follow-on patch as part of the commit series.

thanks,

-Jason
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