[tip:perf/core] ftrace/x86: Do not trace .discard.text section

[tip-bot for Steven Rostedt]

Commit-ID:  2895cd2ab81dfb7bc22637bc110857db44a30b4a
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/2895cd2ab81dfb7bc22637bc110857db44a30b4a
Author:     Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:43:29 -0400
Committer:  Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 16 May 2011 14:47:13 -0400

ftrace/x86: Do not trace .discard.text section

The section called .discard.text has tracing attached to it and is
currently ignored by ftrace. But it does include a call to the mcount
stub. Adding a notrace to the code keeps gcc from adding the useless
mcount caller to it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110421023739.243651696@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index db8aa19..647d8a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align);
  * executable.)
  */
 #define RESERVE_BRK(name,sz)						\
-	static void __section(.discard.text) __used			\
+	static void __section(.discard.text) __used notrace		\
 	__brk_reservation_fn_##name##__(void) {				\
 		asm volatile (						\
 			".pushsection .brk_reservation,\"aw\",@nobits;" \
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