Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Aug 2015 10:08:03 -0700 | From | Drew Richardson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ARM: Mark ret_fast_syscall as a function |
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On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 01:45:57PM +0100, Drew Richardson wrote: > ret_fast_syscall runs when user space makes a syscall. However it > needs to be marked as such so the ELF information is correct. Before > it was: > > 101: 8000f300 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT 2 ret_fast_syscall > > But with this change it correctly shows as: > > 101: 8000f300 96 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 2 ret_fast_syscall > > I see this function when using perf to unwind call stacks from kernel > space to user space. Without this change I would need to add some > special case logic when using the vmlinux ELF information. > > Signed-off-by: Drew Richardson <drew.richardson@arm.com>
I haven't heard any further comments on this, did this get merged and I just didn't notice? Or did I forget to add someone?
Thanks,
Drew
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