Re: [PATCH] tracing: Use linker magic instead of recasting ftrace_ops_list_func()

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Jun 18 2020 - 12:42:02 EST


On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 01:12:37 +0200
Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> static ftrace_func_t ftrace_ops_get_list_func(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
> +static ftrace_asm_func_t ftrace_ops_get_list_func(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
> {
> +#if FTRACE_FORCE_LIST_FUNC
> + return ftrace_ops_list_func;
> +#else
> /*
> * If this is a dynamic, RCU, or per CPU ops, or we force list func,
> * then it needs to call the list anyway.
> */
> - if (ops->flags & (FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC | FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU) ||
> - FTRACE_FORCE_LIST_FUNC)
> + if (ops->flags & (FTRACE_OPS_FL_DYNAMIC | FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU))
> return ftrace_ops_list_func;
>
> return ftrace_ops_get_func(ops);

But ftrace_ops_get_func() returns ftrace_func_t type, wont this complain?

-- Steve


> +#endif
> }