Re: [BUG] tracing: dynamic ftrace selftest detected failures

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On Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:02:44 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:56:49 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > We may need to add "noinline" or something to make sure those functions
> > > don't get inlined for LTO.  
> > 
> > Yeah, we need such option at least for function call test.
> 
> Could you add the noinline, and if it fixes the issue send a patch?

I found the target function already has "noinline". I tried to add noinline
to the testing function (callsite), but it also did not work.
I think "noinline" is for the compiler, but LTO is done by the linker.

I found a discussion similar to this problem, but it seems very hacky.

https://groups.google.com/g/llvm-dev/c/6baI9LISmSU/m/uEeY_CRbBQAJ?pli=1

Thank you,

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Steve
> 


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