Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] tracing: Improve design of preemptirq tracepoints and its users

[Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>]

On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 12:03 PM, kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> wrote:
> Hi Joel,
>
> Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve:
>
> [auto build test ERROR on linus/master]
> [also build test ERROR on v4.16-rc5 next-20180316]
> [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]
>
> url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Joel-Fernandes/Improve-preemptirq-tracepoint-usage/20180317-155535
> config: arm-moxart_defconfig (attached as .config)
> compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Debian 7.2.0-11) 7.2.0
> reproduce:
>         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         make.cross ARCH=arm
>
> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
>    arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.o: In function `no_work_pending':
>>> (.entry.text+0x64): undefined reference to `trace_hardirqs_on'
>    arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.o: In function `vector_swi':
>    (.entry.text+0xf8): undefined reference to `trace_hardirqs_on'
>    arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.o: In function `__dabt_svc':
>>> (.entry.text+0xa4): undefined reference to `trace_hardirqs_off'
>    (.entry.text+0xb8): undefined reference to `trace_hardirqs_on'
>    (.entry.text+0xc0): undefined reference to `trace_hardirqs_off'
>    arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.o: In function `__irq_svc':

Fixed in the next rev. Sigh :-( Turns out kernel/trace/ wasn't being
built at all because of a combination of
CONFIG_PREEMPTIRQ_TRACEPOINTS=y but CONFIG_TRACING=n

I think the next rev looks much better now and its getting there, but
I have to thoroughly test it before posting it again..

thanks,

- Joel