On 6/9/21 3:03 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 14:14:17 +0200
> Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 6/4/21 11:28 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
>>> I wonder if we should move this into a separate file, making the
>>> __trace_irq_entry() a more name space safe name and have it call that.
>>> I have a bit of a distaste for arch specific code in a generic file.
>>>
>>
>> I am placing the intel specific file in:
>>
>> arch/x86/kernel/trace_osnoise.c
>
> I would make it just arch/x86/kernel/trace.c
moved!
> so that it can hold all arch specific tracing information, and not need
> to create a file for anything else we might need later.
>
>>
>> and the kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.h looks like this:
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
>> int osnoise_arch_register(void);
>> int osnoise_arch_unregister(void);
>> #else /* CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC */
>> #define osnoise_arch_register() do {} while (0)
>> #define osnoise_arch_unregister() do {} while (0)
>> #endif /* CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC */
>>
>> This can be used by other archs as well...
>>
>> sound reasonable?
>>
>
> The proper way to d that is to use weak functions in the C code in the
> generic file.
>
> int __weak osnoise_arch_register(void)
> {
> return 0;
> }
>
> int __weak osnoise_arch_unregister(void)
> {
> return 0;
> }
>
> Hmm, does the unregister really need a return value?
it was always returning 0, changed it to void.
-- Daniel
