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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@linux.dev>,
	Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 3/4] tracepoint: Do not warn for unused event that is exported
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:41:44 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250723194212.103057866@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20250723194141.617125835@kernel.org

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

There are a few generic events that may only be used by modules. They are
defined and then set with EXPORT_TRACEPOINT*(). Mark events that are
exported as being used, even though they still waste memory in the kernel
proper.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 include/linux/tracepoint.h | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index 2b96c7e94c52..8026a0659580 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINT_VERIFY_USED
 # define TRACEPOINT_CHECK(name)						\
-	static void __used __section("__tracepoint_check") *__trace_check = \
+	static void __used __section("__tracepoint_check") *		\
+	__trace_check_##name =						\
 		&__tracepoint_##name;
 #else
 # define TRACEPOINT_CHECK(name)
@@ -381,10 +382,12 @@ static inline struct tracepoint *tracepoint_ptr_deref(tracepoint_ptr_t *p)
 	__DEFINE_TRACE_EXT(_name, NULL, PARAMS(_proto), PARAMS(_args));
 
 #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(name)				\
+	TRACEPOINT_CHECK(name)						\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__tracepoint_##name);				\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__traceiter_##name);				\
 	EXPORT_STATIC_CALL_GPL(tp_func_##name)
 #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(name)					\
+	TRACEPOINT_CHECK(name)						\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(__tracepoint_##name);				\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(__traceiter_##name);				\
 	EXPORT_STATIC_CALL(tp_func_##name)
-- 
2.47.2



  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-07-23 19:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-07-23 19:41 [PATCH v4 0/4] tracepoints: Add warnings for unused tracepoints and trace events Steven Rostedt
2025-07-23 19:41 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] tracing: sorttable: Add a tracepoint verification check at build time Steven Rostedt
2025-07-23 20:31   ` Linus Torvalds
2025-07-23 22:27     ` Steven Rostedt
2025-07-23 22:33       ` Linus Torvalds
2025-07-23 22:47         ` Steven Rostedt
2025-07-23 22:33       ` Steven Rostedt
2025-07-23 19:41 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] tracing: sorttable: Find unused tracepoints for arm64 that uses reloc for address Steven Rostedt
2025-07-23 19:41 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2025-07-23 19:41 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] tracing: Call trace_ftrace_test_filter() for the event Steven Rostedt

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