From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
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>,
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Subject: [PATCH v9 4/4] tracing: Add warnings for unused tracepoints for modules
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:38:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251015203924.731213165@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20251015203842.618059565@kernel.org
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
If a modules has TRACE_EVENT() but does not use it, add a warning about it
at build time.
Currently, the build must be made by adding "UT=1" to the make command
line in order for this to trigger.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
scripts/Makefile.modfinal | 7 +++++++
scripts/tracepoint-update.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
index 542ba462ed3e..6f909979af91 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ ccflags-remove-y := $(CC_FLAGS_CFI)
.module-common.o: $(srctree)/scripts/module-common.c FORCE
$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
+ifneq ($(WARN_ON_UNUSED_TRACEPOINTS),"")
+cmd_check_tracepoint = ${objtree}/scripts/tracepoint-update $<;
+else
+cmd_check_tracepoint =
+endif
+
quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M] $@
cmd_ld_ko_o = \
$(LD) -r $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) \
@@ -57,6 +63,7 @@ if_changed_except = $(if $(call newer_prereqs_except,$(2))$(cmd-check), \
ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
+$(if $(newer-prereqs),$(call cmd,btf_ko))
endif
+ +$(call cmd,check_tracepoint)
targets += $(modules:%.o=%.ko) $(modules:%.o=%.mod.o) .module-common.o
diff --git a/scripts/tracepoint-update.c b/scripts/tracepoint-update.c
index 6ec30f39d0ad..7e068de9c7f1 100644
--- a/scripts/tracepoint-update.c
+++ b/scripts/tracepoint-update.c
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ static int process_tracepoints(void *addr, char const *const fname)
}
}
+ /*
+ * Modules may not have either section. But if it has one section,
+ * it should have both of them.
+ */
+ if (!check_data_sec && !tracepoint_data_sec)
+ return 0;
+
if (!check_data_sec) {
fprintf(stderr, "no __tracepoint_check in file: %s\n", fname);
return -1;
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-15 20:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-15 20:38 [PATCH v9 0/4] tracepoints: Add warnings for unused tracepoints and trace events Steven Rostedt
2025-10-15 20:38 ` [PATCH v9 1/4] sorttable: Move ELF parsing into scripts/elf-parse.[ch] Steven Rostedt
2025-10-15 20:38 ` [PATCH v9 2/4] tracing: Add a tracepoint verification check at build time Steven Rostedt
2025-10-15 23:12 ` Nathan Chancellor
2025-10-15 23:14 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-10-17 20:15 ` Nicolas Schier
2025-10-21 19:47 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 21:21 ` Nicolas Schier
2025-10-15 20:38 ` [PATCH v9 3/4] tracepoint: Do not warn for unused event that is exported Steven Rostedt
2025-10-15 20:38 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2025-10-15 23:19 ` [PATCH v9 4/4] tracing: Add warnings for unused tracepoints for modules Nathan Chancellor
2025-10-17 20:22 ` Nicolas Schier
2025-10-21 19:48 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-10-21 19:57 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-10-16 10:54 ` kernel test robot
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