[PATCH 2/4] powerpc/pseries: Don't trace hcall tracing wrapper
Naveen N. Rao
naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Apr 27 23:52:24 AEST 2021
Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> This doesn't seem very useful to trace before the recursion check, even
> if the ftrace code has any recursion checks of its own. Be on the safe
> side and don't trace the hcall trace wrappers.
These functions exist precisely to allow hcalls to be traced, so it
doesn't make sense to "trace the tracer". Users wanting to know about
hcalls are better off enabling the tracepoint here instead.
>
> Reported-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
- Naveen
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