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    ftrace: add quick function trace stop · 60a7ecf4
    Steven Rostedt authored
    
    
    Impact: quick start and stop of function tracer
    
    This patch adds a way to disable the function tracer quickly without
    the need to run kstop_machine. It adds a new variable called
    function_trace_stop which will stop the calls to functions from mcount
    when set.  This is just an on/off switch and does not handle recursion
    like preempt_disable().
    
    It's main purpose is to help other tracers/debuggers start and stop tracing
    fuctions without the need to call kstop_machine.
    
    The config option HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST is added for archs
    that implement the testing of the function_trace_stop in the mcount
    arch dependent code. Otherwise, the test is done in the C code.
    
    x86 is the only arch at the moment that supports this.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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