From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: rostedt@goodmis.org (Steven Rostedt) Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 10:42:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH v6 5/8] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative references In-Reply-To: <20171227085033.22389-6-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> References: <20171227085033.22389-1-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> <20171227085033.22389-6-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Message-ID: <20171228104207.117ee0ff@gandalf.local.home> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 08:50:30 +0000 Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > To avoid the need for relocating absolute references to tracepoint > structures at boot time when running relocatable kernels (which may > take a disproportionate amount of space), add the option to emit > these tables as relative references instead. > I gave this patch a quick skim over. It appears to not modify anything when CONFIG_HAVE_PREL32_RELOCATIONS is not defined. I haven't thoroughly reviewed it or tested it. But if it doesn't break anything, I'm fine giving you an ack. Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) -- Steve