[PATCH] Use -mcount-record for dynamic ftrace

Andi Kleen
2015-04-13T00:57:13Z

From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>

gcc 5 supports a new -mcount-record option to generate ftrace
tables directly. This avoids the need to run record_mcount
manually.

Use this option when available.

It also has a -mcount-nop option to generate the mcount calls
as nops. So far that is not implemented, but it could be used
to optimize patching at boot up.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
---
scripts/Makefile.build | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 01df30a..f258e9b 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ cmd_modversions = \
fi;
endif

+# gcc 5 supports generating the mcount tables directly
+ifneq ($(call cc-option,-mrecord-mcount,y),y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mrecord-mcount
+else
+# else do it all manually
ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
ifdef BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
ifeq ("$(origin RECORDMCOUNT_WARN)", "command line")
@@ -240,6 +245,7 @@ cmd_record_mcount = \
$(sub_cmd_record_mcount) \
fi;
endif
+endif

define rule_cc_o_c
$(call echo-cmd,checksrc) $(cmd_checksrc) \
--
2.3.3