Re: [PATCH 2/3] powerpc: Make it possible to safely selectCONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Wed Feb 04 2009 - 19:32:51 EST
On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 18:08 +0300, Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> Remove -fno-omit-frame-pointer flag from CFLAGS.
> Remove -fno-omit-frame-pointer workarounds.
But what about -pg -requires -fno-omit-frame-pointer ?
Ben.
> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/Makefile | 10 ++++++----
> arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile | 10 +++++-----
> arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile | 2 +-
> lib/Kconfig.debug | 8 ++++----
> 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> index 72d17f5..627aa7f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> @@ -120,10 +120,12 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_6xx),y)
> KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mcpu=powerpc
> endif
>
> -# Work around a gcc code-gen bug with -fno-omit-frame-pointer.
> -ifeq ($(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER),y)
> -KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-sched-epilog
> -endif
> +# Remove -fno-omit-frame-pointer flag. There are two reasons:
> +# 1. On powerpc we always have frame pointers.
> +# 2. Some gcc versions might generate wrong code with -fno-omit-frame-pointer
> +# flag. So, if for some reason you're going to remove this line, then add
> +# -mno-sched-epilog to workaround the gcc bug.
> +KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(subst -fno-omit-frame-pointer,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
>
> cpu-as-$(CONFIG_4xx) += -Wa,-m405
> cpu-as-$(CONFIG_6xx) += -Wa,-maltivec
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
> index 8d1a419..a97f215 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ endif
>
> ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
> # Do not trace early boot code
> -CFLAGS_REMOVE_cputable.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
> -CFLAGS_REMOVE_prom_init.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
> -CFLAGS_REMOVE_btext.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
> -CFLAGS_REMOVE_prom.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_cputable.o = -pg
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_prom_init.o = -pg
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_btext.o = -pg
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_prom.o = -pg
>
> ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
> # dynamic ftrace setup.
> -CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = -pg
> endif
>
> endif
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
> index 50f1693..0eb8781 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ CFLAGS_bootx_init.o += -fPIC
>
> ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
> # Do not trace early boot code
> -CFLAGS_REMOVE_bootx_init.o = -pg -mno-sched-epilog
> +CFLAGS_REMOVE_bootx_init.o = -pg
> endif
>
> obj-y += pic.o setup.o time.o feature.o pci.o \
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index 29044f5..657126c 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ config LOCKDEP
> bool
> depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
> select STACKTRACE
> - select FRAME_POINTER if !X86 && !MIPS && !PPC
> + select FRAME_POINTER if !X86 && !MIPS
> select KALLSYMS
> select KALLSYMS_ALL
>
> @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ config FRAME_POINTER
> bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers"
> depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && \
> (CRIS || M68K || M68KNOMMU || FRV || UML || S390 || \
> - AVR32 || SUPERH || BLACKFIN || MN10300) || \
> + AVR32 || SUPERH || BLACKFIN || MN10300 || PPC) || \
> ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
> default y if (DEBUG_INFO && UML) || ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
> help
> @@ -771,13 +771,13 @@ config FAULT_INJECTION_STACKTRACE_FILTER
> depends on FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
> depends on !X86_64
> select STACKTRACE
> - select FRAME_POINTER if !PPC
> + select FRAME_POINTER
> help
> Provide stacktrace filter for fault-injection capabilities
>
> config LATENCYTOP
> bool "Latency measuring infrastructure"
> - select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS && !PPC
> + select FRAME_POINTER if !MIPS
> select KALLSYMS
> select KALLSYMS_ALL
> select STACKTRACE
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