Re: [v2 PATCH] ftrace: Speed up recordmcount

From: wu zhangjin
Date: Tue Nov 09 2010 - 00:35:46 EST


Hi, Steve

On 10/29/10, Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 27.10.2010 18:24, Wu Zhangjin wrote:
>> From: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> cmd_record_mcount is used to locate the _mcount symbols in the object
>> files, only the files compiled with -pg has the _mcount symbol, so, it
>> is only needed for such files, but the current cmd_record_mcount is used
>> for all of the object files, so, we need to fix it and speed it up.
>>
>> Since -pg may be removed by the method used in kernel/trace/Makefile:
>>
>> ORIG_CFLAGS := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
>> KBUILD_CFLAGS = $(subst -pg,,$(ORIG_CFLAGS))
>>
>> Or may be removed by the method used in arch/x86/kernel/Makefile:
>>
>> CONFIG_REMOVE_file.o = -pg
>
> CFLAGS_REMOVE_file.o
>

Did you apply this patch, should I fix this typo and resend it to you?

Best Regards,
Wu Zhangjin

>
>> So, we must check the last variable stores the compiling flags, that is
>> c_flags(Please refer to cmd_cc_o_c and rule_cc_o_c defined in
>> scripts/Makefile.build) and since the CFLAGS_REMOVE_file.o is already
>> filtered in _c_flags(Please refer to scripts/Makefile.lib) and _c_flags
>> has less symbols, therefore, we only need to check _c_flags.
>>
>> ---------------
>> Changes from v1:
>>
>> o Don't touch Makefile for CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD is enough
>> o Use _c_flags intead of KBUILD_CFLAGS to cover CONFIG_REMOVE_file.o =
>> -pg
>> (feedback from Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>)
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx>
>
>
>> ---
>> scripts/Makefile.build | 13 +++++++++----
>> 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
>> index 5ad25e1..0ad6108 100644
>> --- a/scripts/Makefile.build
>> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
>> @@ -214,17 +214,22 @@ ifdef BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
>> # The empty.o file is created in the make process in order to determine
>> # the target endianness and word size. It is made before all other C
>> # files, including recordmcount.
>> -cmd_record_mcount = if [ $(@) != "scripts/mod/empty.o" ]; then \
>> - $(objtree)/scripts/recordmcount "$(@)"; \
>> - fi;
>> +sub_cmd_record_mcount = \
>> + if [ $(@) != "scripts/mod/empty.o" ]; then \
>> + $(objtree)/scripts/recordmcount "$(@)"; \
>> + fi;
>> else
>> -cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl
>> "$(ARCH)" \
>> +sub_cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl
>> "$(ARCH)" \
>> "$(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)" \
>> "$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),64,32)" \
>> "$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)" \
>> "$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
>> "$(if $(part-of-module),1,0)" "$(@)";
>> endif
>> +cmd_record_mcount = \
>> + if [ "$(findstring -pg,$(_c_flags))" == "-pg" ]; then \
>> + $(sub_cmd_record_mcount) \
>> + fi;
>> endif
>>
>> define rule_cc_o_c
>
>
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