[PATCH 2/2] ftrace - add ftrace function_graph support on ARM

Rabin Vincent rabin at rab.in
Sat Oct 9 13:43:24 EDT 2010


Hi Tim,

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 6:01 AM, Tim Bird <tim.bird at am.sony.com> wrote:
> Add ftrace function-graph tracer support for ARM.
>
> This includes adding code in mcount to check for
> (and call) a registered function graph trace entry
> routine, and adding code to support a return
> trampoline, to catch the function exit.
>
> IRQENTRY_TEXT was added to vmlinux.lds.S (to eliminate
> a compiler error on kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c),
> although no routines were marked as __irq_entry.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird at am.sony.com>

What happened to this?  Do you intend to post a new version of these
patches?  If not, I'd like to post a series which updates this to
current kernels and also adds support for the graph tracer + dynamic
ftrace combo on ARM based on the recent ARM dynamic ftrace support.

Rabin



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