Re: [PATCH] jump_label: Do not profile branch annotations

[Steven Rostedt]

On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:52:06 +0100
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 04:37:54PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > From: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > While running my branch profiler that checks for incorrect "likely" and
> > "unlikely"s around the kernel, there's a large number of them that are
> > incorrect due to being "static_branches".
> > 
> > As static_branches are rather special, as they are likely or unlikely for
> > other reasons than normal annotations are used for, there's no reason to
> > have them be profiled.
> > 
> > Expose the "unlikely_notrace" and "likely_notrace" so that the
> > static_branch can use them, and have them be ignored by the branch
> > profilers.  
> 
> The less that abomination does the better ;-), I'll take it through tip
> then?

Sure, go ahead.

Thanks.

-- Steve