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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Sahil Gupta <s.gupta@arista.com>
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:10:17 -0500
Sahil Gupta <s.gupta@arista.com> wrote:

> That sounds good to me. I didn't use CONFIG_FTRACE_SORT_STARTUP_TEST,
> but I manually verified the section was sorted by checking the ELF
> using a Python script. Maybe that is something we can consider adding
> as a build step in the future?

Note, that config only enables the runtime verification. Which means you
need to run the kernel for the check if it worked. It is not a build time
feature. And since it checks at run time, it does add a small overhead (to
iterate all functions), where you may not want it enabled in production.

-- Steve