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Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path

From Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path
Date 2016-05-16 21:20 +0200
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On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 03:13:57PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> I actually thought about this first, but I thought it rather a hack
> (although one could argue all of function tracing is a hack ;-)

... I was about to say...

> But as the "weak" call was used to fix one location, why not use
> it here too. Being consistent, and also making sure all calls to
> ftrace_stub do the same.

Btw, arch_static_branch_jump() spells that 5-byte JMP too and not until
too long ago we had it in static_cpu_has()...

I guess after spending some time with the kernel, one can't really
differentiate hacks from proper design anymore. :-P

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    Boris.

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[PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-05-13 16:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-05-13 16:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-05-16 04:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-05-16 04:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-05-16 14:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-05-16 16:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-05-16 16:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-05-16 21:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-05-16 21:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-05-16 21:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2016-05-16 21:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-05-16 22:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> - 2016-05-17 00:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] ftrace/x86: Fix function graph tracer reset path Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> - 2016-05-16 04:10 +0200

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