Re: [PATCH v2] selftests/ftrace: Do not trace do_softirq because of PREEMPT_RT

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:48:41 +0100
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> After looking into the test it appears that two random functions are
> enough to be specified because the actual purpose is it to figure out if
> the function is recorded and not the actual functionality behind the
> function.

Correct. And if I ever do get a chance to revisit this test, I plan on
adding a bunch of comments to it. It's hard enough to add tests for one's
code, but even harder to document what those tests actually do ;-)

-- Steve