[tip:perf/core] ftrace/x86: Do not trace .discard.text section

From: tip-bot for Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Jun 16 2011 - 10:07:43 EST


Commit-ID: 406a733db0052fed66d17008430b6047ecea7b92
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/406a733db0052fed66d17008430b6047ecea7b92
Author: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:43:29 -0400
Committer: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 17 May 2011 10:41:55 -0400

ftrace/x86: Do not trace .discard.text section

The section called .discard.text has tracing attached to it and is
currently ignored by ftrace. But it does include a call to the mcount
stub. Adding a notrace to the code keeps gcc from adding the useless
mcount caller to it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110421023739.243651696@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index db8aa19..647d8a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align);
* executable.)
*/
#define RESERVE_BRK(name,sz) \
- static void __section(.discard.text) __used \
+ static void __section(.discard.text) __used notrace \
__brk_reservation_fn_##name##__(void) { \
asm volatile ( \
".pushsection .brk_reservation,\"aw\",@nobits;" \
--
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