Re: [PATCH 1/3] arm64: implement ftrace with regs

From: Torsten Duwe
Date: Wed Aug 15 2018 - 09:46:25 EST


[working on V2 with your feedback]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 12:04:33PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:33:52 +0100
> Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> Shouldn't this be an error? The option -fpatchable-function-entry has
> > >> been added to the CC_FLAGS_FTRACE, so any call to the compiler is gonna
> > >> break anyway. Or am I missing something?

This should be the case.

> OK, I see what you mean. If the resulting build wont boot, then yes
> this should be an error and not a warning.

No, there won't be a binary because the first gcc invocation with
CC_FLAGS_FTRACE will error out.

The alternatives are a makefile-warning followed by a gcc-error or just
a makefile-error. The makefile warning or error should hint at the causing
config option, that's the key point. Beyond that I don't have any preference.

Torsten