On Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:16:58 -0400 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Actually I did invent it. > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20080210072109.GR4100@xxxxxxx/ And the next patch replaced the jmps with nops. We kept this as separate patches for debugging reasons. commit dfa60aba04dae78 ("ftrace: use nops instead of jmp") -- Steve