Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/syscalls: allow tracing of __do_sys_[syscall] functions

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 06:52:13 -0700
Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
> @@ -152,8 +152,12 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
>   * externally visible function. This makes extern inline behave as per gnu89
>   * semantics rather than c99. This prevents multiple symbol definition errors
>   * of extern inline functions at link time.
> - * A lot of inline functions can cause havoc with function tracing.
> + *
> + * A lot of inline functions can cause havoc with function tracing. If the
> + * function is known to be safe for tracing, inline_trace can be used. Otherwise
> + * inline would prevent tracing.

Perhaps add:

 * Don't complain if this function is not available to trace!

  ;-)

-- Steve

>   */
> +#define inline_trace __inline __gnu_inline __inline_maybe_unused
>  #define inline inline __gnu_inline __inline_maybe_unused notrace
>