On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:58:26 +0000
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> When using patchable-function-entry, the compiler will record the
> callsites into a section named "__patchable_function_entries" rather
> than "__mcount_loc". Let's abstract this difference behind a new
> FTRACE_CALLSITE_SECTION, so that architectures don't have to handle this
> explicitly (e.g. with custom module linker scripts).
>
> As parisc currently handles this explicitly, it is fixed up accordingly,
> with its custom linker script removed. Since FTRACE_CALLSITE_SECTION is
> only defined when DYNAMIC_FTRACE is selected, the parisc module loading
> code is updated to only use the definition in that case. When
> DYNAMIC_FTRACE is not selected, modules shouldn't have this section, so
> this removes some redundant work in that case.
>
> I built parisc generic-{32,64}bit_defconfig with DYNAMIC_FTRACE enabled,
> and verified that the section made it into the .ko files for modules.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James E.J. Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-parisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
-- Steve
