Re: [PATCH 1/9] LoongArch/ftrace: Add basic support

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Hi, all,

On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 9:34 AM Qing Zhang <zhangqing@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 2022/8/20 上午12:53, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:29:29 +0800
> > Jinyang He <hejinyang@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> It seems this patch adds non-dynamic ftrace, this code should not
> >> appear here.
> >> BTW is it really necessary for non-dynamic ftrace? I do not use it
> >> directly and frequently, IMHO, non-dynamic can be completely
> >>
> >> replaced dynamic?
> >
> > Note, I keep the non dynamic ftrace around for debugging purposes.
> >
> > But sure, it's pretty useless. It's also good for bringing ftrace to a new
> > architecture (like this patch is doing), as it is easier to implement than
> > dynamic ftrace, and getting the non-dynamic working is usually the first
> > step in getting dynamic ftrace working.
> >
> > But it's really up to the arch maintainers to keep it or not.
> >
> Before submitting, I saw that other architectures almost kept
> non-dynamic methods without cleaning up, I tend to keep them.
> How do you think, Huacai. :)
I prefer to keep the non-dynamic method.

Huacai
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> Thanks,
> - Qing
> > -- Steve
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