Re: [PATCH] tracing: bpf: Hide bpf trace events when they are not used

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Oct 16 2017 - 15:54:41 EST


From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 18:40:02 -0400

> From: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> All the trace events defined in include/trace/events/bpf.h are only
> used when CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL is defined. But this file gets included by
> include/linux/bpf_trace.h which is included by the networking code with
> CREATE_TRACE_POINTS defined.
>
> If a trace event is created but not used it still has data structures
> and functions created for its use, even though nothing is using them.
> To not waste space, do not define the BPF trace events in bpf.h unless
> CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL is defined.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Steven, I lost track of how this patch is being handled.

Do you want me to merge it via my net-next tree?