Re: [PATCH] perf/core: allow ftrace for functions in kernel/event/core.c

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Oct 13 2021 - 12:47:36 EST


On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:42:21 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 02:07:32PM -0700, Song Liu wrote:
> > It is useful to trace functions in kernel/event/core.c. Allow ftrace for
> > them by removing $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) from Makefile.
> >
> > ---
> > We had some discussions about this last year [1]. Seems that enabling
> > ftrace in kernel/events won't really cause fatal recursion in the tests.
> > Shall we give it another try?
>
> I suppose we can give it a go..

Did you want me to pull this into my tree? My tests usually stress perf
along with ftrace.

-- Steve