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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 4/7] arm64: Add ftrace support
On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 05:45:50AM +0000, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> This patch implements arm64 specific part to support function tracers,
> such as function (CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER), function_graph
> (CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER) and function profiler
> (CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER).
>
> With 'function' tracer, all the functions in the kernel are traced with
> timestamps in ${sysfs}/tracing/trace. If function_graph tracer is
> specified, call graph is generated.
>
> The kernel must be compiled with -pg option so that _mcount() is inserted
> at the beginning of functions. This function is called on every function's
> entry as long as tracing is enabled.
> In addition, function_graph tracer also needs to be able to probe function's
> exit. ftrace_graph_caller() & return_to_handler do this by faking link
> register's value to intercept function's return path.
>
> More details on architecture specific requirements are described in
> Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.txt.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <ganapatrao.kulkarni@cavium.com>
> Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>

I'm still slightly suspicious about the alignment of your ASCII art, but:

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>

Will


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