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authorRabin Vincent <rabin@rab.in>2010-08-10 19:32:37 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2010-09-02 15:24:53 +0100
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ARM: 6314/1: ftrace: allow build without frame pointers on ARM
With a new enough GCC, ARM function tracing can be supported without the need for frame pointers. This is essential for Thumb-2 support, since frame pointers aren't available then. Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@rab.in> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S14
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
index f05a35a59694..6805a7216bf8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ ENDPROC(ret_from_fork)
* allows it to be clobbered in subroutines and doesn't use it to hold
* parameters.)
*/
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_OLD_MCOUNT
+#if (__GNUC__ < 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 4))
+#error Ftrace requires CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y with GCC older than 4.4.0.
+#endif
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
ENTRY(mcount)
stmdb sp!, {r0-r3, lr}
@@ -173,6 +180,12 @@ gnu_trace:
ldmia sp!, {r0-r3, ip, lr}
mov pc, ip
+#ifdef CONFIG_OLD_MCOUNT
+/*
+ * This is under an ifdef in order to force link-time errors for people trying
+ * to build with !FRAME_POINTER with a GCC which doesn't use the new-style
+ * mcount.
+ */
ENTRY(mcount)
stmdb sp!, {r0-r3, lr}
ldr r0, =ftrace_trace_function
@@ -191,6 +204,7 @@ trace:
mov pc, r2
ldr lr, [fp, #-4] @ restore lr
ldmia sp!, {r0-r3, pc}
+#endif
#endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */