Re: [PATCH] ftrace: nuke clear_ftrace_function

[Yisheng Xie]

hi Steven and all,
Ping, for month passed, do you have any comment about this patch?

Thanks & Sorry to disturb
Yisheng

On 2018/2/2 10:14, Yisheng Xie wrote:
> clear_ftrace_function is not used outside of ftrace.c and is not help to
> use a function, so nuke it per Steve's suggestion.
> 
> Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yisheng Xie <xieyisheng1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/ftrace.h |  2 --
>  kernel/trace/ftrace.c  | 13 +------------
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
> index 9c3c9a3..15518b5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
> @@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ enum ftrace_tracing_type_t {
>   */
>  int register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops);
>  int unregister_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops);
> -void clear_ftrace_function(void);
>  
>  extern void ftrace_stub(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
>  			struct ftrace_ops *op, struct pt_regs *regs);
> @@ -239,7 +238,6 @@ static inline int ftrace_nr_registered_ops(void)
>  {
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -static inline void clear_ftrace_function(void) { }
>  static inline void ftrace_kill(void) { }
>  static inline void ftrace_free_init_mem(void) { }
>  static inline void ftrace_free_mem(struct module *mod, void *start, void *end) { }
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index dabd9d1..6263a98 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -192,17 +192,6 @@ static void ftrace_pid_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
>  	op->saved_func(ip, parent_ip, op, regs);
>  }
>  
> -/**
> - * clear_ftrace_function - reset the ftrace function
> - *
> - * This NULLs the ftrace function and in essence stops
> - * tracing.  There may be lag
> - */
> -void clear_ftrace_function(void)
> -{
> -	ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_stub;
> -}
> -
>  static void ftrace_sync(struct work_struct *work)
>  {
>  	/*
> @@ -6691,7 +6680,7 @@ void ftrace_kill(void)
>  {
>  	ftrace_disabled = 1;
>  	ftrace_enabled = 0;
> -	clear_ftrace_function();
> +	ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_stub;
>  }
>  
>  /**
>