On Wed, 2016-02-10 at 17:25 +0100, Torsten Duwe wrote: snip > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/gcc-mprofile-kernel-notrace.sh b/arch/powerpc/gcc-mprofile-kernel-notrace.sh > new file mode 100755 > index 0000000..68d6482 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/arch/powerpc/gcc-mprofile-kernel-notrace.sh > @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ > +#!/bin/sh > +# Test whether the compile option -mprofile-kernel > +# generates profiling code ( = a call to mcount), and > +# whether a function without any global references sets > +# the TOC pointer properly at the beginning, and > +# whether the "notrace" function attribute successfully > +# suppresses the _mcount call. > + > +echo "int func() { return 0; }" | \ > + $* -S -x c -O2 -p -mprofile-kernel - -o - 2> /dev/null | \ > + grep -q "mcount" > + > +trace_result=$? > + > +echo "int func() { return 0; }" | \ > + $* -S -x c -O2 -p -mprofile-kernel - -o - 2> /dev/null | \ > + sed -n -e '/func:/,/bl _mcount/p' | grep -q TOC > + > +leaf_toc_result=$? > + leaf_toc_result failed for me with gcc 5. I'll try and grab gcc-6 and give the patches a spin > +/bin/echo -e "#include \nnotrace int func() { return 0; }" | \ > + $* -S -x c -O2 -p -mprofile-kernel - -o - 2> /dev/null | \ > + grep -q "mcount" > + > +notrace_result=$? > + > +if [ "$trace_result" -eq "0" -a \ > + "$leaf_toc_result" -eq "0" -a \ > + "$notrace_result" -eq "1" ]; then > + echo y > +else > + echo n > +fi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe live-patching" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html