[PATCH 3/4] tracing: Annotate event field-defining functions with__init

From: Li Zefan
Date: Wed Feb 20 2013 - 21:34:25 EST


Those functions are called either during kernel boot or module init.

Before:

$ dmesg | grep 'Freeing unused kernel memory'
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1208k freed
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1360k freed
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1960k freed

After:

$ dmesg | grep 'Freeing unused kernel memory'
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1236k freed
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1388k freed
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1960k freed

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/trace/ftrace.h | 2 +-
kernel/trace/trace_export.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
index 20b6005..dc18af3 100644
--- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static struct trace_event_functions ftrace_event_type_funcs_##call = { \

#undef DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS
#define DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(call, proto, args, tstruct, func, print) \
-static int notrace \
+static int notrace __init \
ftrace_define_fields_##call(struct ftrace_event_call *event_call) \
{ \
struct ftrace_raw_##call field; \
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
index e039906..4f6a91c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static void __always_unused ____ftrace_check_##name(void) \

#undef FTRACE_ENTRY
#define FTRACE_ENTRY(name, struct_name, id, tstruct, print, filter) \
-int \
+static int __init \
ftrace_define_fields_##name(struct ftrace_event_call *event_call) \
{ \
struct struct_name field; \
--
1.8.0.2
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