Re: [RFC PATCH 3/4] ftrace: Do not test frame pointers if -mfentry is used

[Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>]

(2012/08/08 21:49), Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 13:34 +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>>  
>>> -#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST
>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST) && !defined(CC_USING_FENTRY)
>>
>> I think CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY would better unselect
>> CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST in arch/x86/Kconfig explicitly.
> 
> No, CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY just means fentry is supported, it does not mean
> that it is being used. It only gets used if CC_USING_FENTRY is set,
> which is set by the Makefile at time of compile.
> 
> If CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY is defined, a test is done to see if the gcc
> compiling the kernel supports -mfentry. If it does, then it defines the
> CC_USING_FENTRY macro, if not, the macro is not defined and the old way
> is performed.
> 
> If the old way is performed, even if CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY is defined, then
> we still need the above test. We can not have CONFIG_HAVE_FENTRY
> unselect CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FP_TEST.

Ah, I see. OK, I don't see any other issue.

Thank you,

-- 
Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com