On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:15:31 +0200 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > * Steven Rostedt | 2013-09-07 20:48:11 [-0400]: > > >You wont be able to trace any function that is annotated with "__init", > >or even "__exit". That's because the init section does not have a > >standard way of cleaning them up (for boot, modules are different, but > >are still affected by it). > > Is this even required / wanted? Usually the module just hooks itself > into subsystem like pci_register_driver() and is usually not > interresting. The interresting part starts from ->probe() (I think) and > this is captured, right? Only if the ->probe() is not marked __init There's a white list of sections that the function tracer traces. See is_mcounted_section_name() in scripts/recordmcount.c. -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
