Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative references

[Steven Rostedt]

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 19:10:35 +0100
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> To avoid the need for relocating absolute references to tracepoint
> structures at boot time when running relocatable kernels (which may
> take a disproportionate amount of space), add the option to emit
> these tables as relative references instead.
> 
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I ran this through various tests (not my full test suite mind you), and
it appears to work as it has before.

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-- Steve