Re: [PATCH] perf/core: allow ftrace for functions in kernel/event/core.c

From: Song Liu
Date: Wed Oct 13 2021 - 11:47:01 EST




> On Oct 12, 2021, at 5:42 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 02:07:32PM -0700, Song Liu wrote:
>> It is useful to trace functions in kernel/event/core.c. Allow ftrace for
>> them by removing $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) from Makefile.
>>
>> ---
>> We had some discussions about this last year [1]. Seems that enabling
>> ftrace in kernel/events won't really cause fatal recursion in the tests.
>> Shall we give it another try?
>
> I suppose we can give it a go..

Yes, please. :-) Shall we ship it with 5.16?

Thanks,
Song