Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks

From	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks
Date	2015-12-11 16:10 +0100
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:45:41 +0000
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 09:31:25AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:09:03 +0000
> > Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> >   
> > > recordmcount edits the file in-place, which can cause problems when
> > > using ccache in hardlink mode.  Arrange for recordmcount to break a
> > > hardlinked object.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
> > > ---
> > > Steven, sorry it took a while to get this out...  
> > 
> > Should this be for stable, or is it fine to just add this to my 4.5
> > queue?  
> 
> I thought you wanted to test it first - although I've been running with

You're right. I forgot I said that ;-)


> this for a while now, my nightly builds have masked out the mcount
> warning, and I suspect it'll take a while for ccache to purge itself
> of the modified objects.
> 
> If you're happy to add a stable tag to it, then please do so.
> 

I'm fine with you taking it too, but let me go ahead and run it through
my tests now. I'll let you know the results. Takes several hours.

Thanks,

-- Steve

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  Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2015-11-30 16:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> - 2015-12-01 17:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-01 17:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> - 2015-12-01 17:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-01 17:50 +0100
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            Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-01 18:30 +0100
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                Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> - 2015-12-01 22:40 +0100
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                Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-02 15:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-11 15:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-11 15:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-11 16:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-11 19:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-11 19:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-11 20:00 +0100
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                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-11 20:00 +0100

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