Re: [PATCH] ftrace: use helper function clear_ftrace_function

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:46:01 +0800
Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We have helper function clear_ftrace_function(), use it instead of hard
> code. And this should not have any functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index 554b517..ba78e03 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -6779,7 +6779,7 @@ int unregister_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
>  
>  	} else {
>  		/* stopping ftrace calls (just send to ftrace_stub) */
> -		ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_stub;
> +		clear_ftrace_function();
>  
>  		ftrace_shutdown_sysctl();
>  	}

Honestly, I rather nuke that function and clear_ftrace_function_probe()
along with it. They are not used outside of ftrace.c and they don't
actually help.

-- Steve