Re: [PATCH v2] recordmcount: arm: Implement make_nop

From: Rabin Vincent
Date: Tue Feb 02 2016 - 12:25:41 EST


On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 04:06:23PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> In similar spirit to x86 and arm64 support, add a make_nop_arm()
> to replace calls to mcount with nops in sections that aren't
> traced.
>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rabin Vincent <rabin@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes from v1:
> * Replace with nops instead of pops
> * Check for BE or LE kernel with elf headers
> * Drop mcount style check because now we look at the previous
> instruction to determine if it's a push (__gnu_mcount_nc) or not (mcount).

Acked-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@xxxxxx>