From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] ipw2100: remove by-hand function entry/exit debugging Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 20:52:22 -0400 Message-ID: <431F8B46.8020209@pobox.com> References: <20050906.194111.130652562.davem@davemloft.net> <431E5514.2070003@pobox.com> <200509071539.08780.netdev@axxeo.de> <20050907.130151.71544363.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@axxeo.de, akpm@osdl.org, pavel@ucw.cz, ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com, pavel@suse.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20050907.130151.71544363.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org David S. Miller wrote: > From: Ingo Oeser > Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 15:39:08 +0200 > > >>Jeff Garzik wrote: >> >>>I find them useful in my own drivers; they are definitely not pure noise. >> >>gcc -finstrument-functions > > > I was going to mention this as well, and also the idea to > enable CONFIG_MCOUNT on a per-file basis. > > We should never be doing by hand what can be automated. As long as nobody breaks the primary maintainer's primary method of debugging, patches are welcome... Jeff