Re: [RFA][PATCH 05/27] ftrace/x86: Add call to ftrace_graph_is_dead() in function graph code

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Jul 15 2014 - 11:48:15 EST


On 06/26/2014 09:52 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ftrace_stop() is going away as it disables parts of function tracing
> that affects users that should not be affected. But ftrace_graph_stop()
> is built on ftrace_stop(). Here's another example of killing all of
> function tracing because something went wrong with function graph
> tracing.
>
> Instead of disabling all users of function tracing on function graph
> error, disable only function graph tracing. To do this, the arch code
> must call ftrace_graph_is_dead() before it implements function graph.
>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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