Re: PATCH] tracing: Fix unused tracepoints when module uses only exported ones

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

On 2025-12-08 08:53, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Missing bracket for [PATCH] in subject.

> Building the KVM intel module failed to build with UT=1:

failed -> fails (present ?)

> no __tracepoint_strings in file: arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.o
> make[3]: *** [/work/git/test-linux.git/scripts/Makefile.modfinal:62: arch/x86/kvm/kvm-intel.ko] Error 1
>
> The reason is that the module only uses the tracepoints defined and
> exported by the main kvm module. The tracepoint-udpate.c code fails the

I guess you mean "tracepoint-update.c" ?

> build if a tracepoint is used, but there's no tracepoints defined. But

tracepoint

> this is acceptable in modules if the tracepoints is defined in the vmlinux

tracepoint

> proper or another module and exported.
>
> Do not fail to build if a tracepoint is used but no tracepoints are

tracepoint .. is

Thanks,

Mathieu

> defined if the code is a module. This should still never happen for the
> vmlinux itself.
>
> Fixes: e30f8e61e2518 ("tracing: Add a tracepoint verification check at build time")
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   scripts/tracepoint-update.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/tracepoint-update.c b/scripts/tracepoint-update.c
> index 7f7d90df14ce..90046aedc97b 100644
> --- a/scripts/tracepoint-update.c
> +++ b/scripts/tracepoint-update.c
> @@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ static int process_tracepoints(bool mod, void *addr, const char *fname)
>   	}
>   
>   	if (!tracepoint_data_sec) {
> +		/* A module may reference only exported tracepoints */
> +		if (mod)
> +			return 0;
>   		fprintf(stderr,	"no __tracepoint_strings in file: %s\n", fname);
>   		return -1;
>   	}


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Mathieu Desnoyers
EfficiOS Inc.
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