[PATCH v3 1/2] powerpc: split ftrace bits into a separate file

[Naveen N. Rao]

On 2017/03/15 09:11AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:35:16 +0530
> "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I feel that x86 can simply 
> > use ftrace_64.S, seeing as the current name is mcount_64.S.
> > 
> > Other architectures could do something similar too, or fall back to 
> > ftrace_hook.S. That way, all ftrace low-level code can simply be 
> > referred to as arch/*/ftrace_*.S
> 
> Just to clarify, I'm currently working on patches to clean up the
> ftrace.S code in x86, and I renamed mcount_64.S to ftrace_64.S. I'm
> also moving the ftrace code out of entry_32.S into a ftrace_32.S file
> as well. Patches will hopefully be posted soon.

Good to know, thanks for clarifying.

In light of that, I hope that you're ok with the changes proposed to the 
ftrace bits under arch/powerpc in this patchset?

- Naveen