Re: [PATCH 06/14] asmlinkage: Make trace_hardirq visible

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Feb 10 2014 - 06:24:28 EST


On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 08:52:02AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Can be called from assembler code.

This lacks context; what does __visible do and why does it matter for
asm.

> Cc: peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: mingo@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> index c8b6753c..aa3bf15 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> @@ -2557,7 +2557,7 @@ static void __trace_hardirqs_on_caller(unsigned long ip)
> debug_atomic_inc(hardirqs_on_events);
> }
>
> -void trace_hardirqs_on_caller(unsigned long ip)
> +__visible void trace_hardirqs_on_caller(unsigned long ip)
> {
> time_hardirqs_on(CALLER_ADDR0, ip);
>
> @@ -2610,7 +2610,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(trace_hardirqs_on);
> /*
> * Hardirqs were disabled:
> */
> -void trace_hardirqs_off_caller(unsigned long ip)
> +__visible void trace_hardirqs_off_caller(unsigned long ip)
> {
> struct task_struct *curr = current;
>
> --
> 1.8.5.2
>
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