Re: [PATCH/RFC 2/3] ftrace: introduce nohotpatch function attribute

[Dominik Vogt]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 09:37:01AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:54:53 +0100
> Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > s390 will use the hotpatch attribute for function tracing, therefore
> > introduce a nohotpatch define, depending on CC_USING_HOTPATCH, and add it
> > to the existing notrace define.
> 
> Are the two mutually exclusive? That is, can you have -pg and hotpatch
> together? Reason why I ask is, if you have either -pg or hotpatch, then
> we only need "no_instrument_function" or "hotpatch" in the notrace
> define, not both. But I could be wrong.

While the kernel may use only profiling or hotpatch at the same
time, Gcc is able to generate both for the same function.

Ciao

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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Dominik Vogt
IBM Germany

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