On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 17:28:26 +0100 Will Deacon <[email protected]> wrote:
> > + * Note, this may change in the future, and we will need to deal with that > > + * if it were to happen. > > + */ > > +#define ARCH_RET_ADDR_AFTER_LOCAL_VARS 1 > > I know it's long already, but prefixing this with FTRACE_ would be good so > that other code doesn't use it for anything. It's not the end of the world > if the ftrace stack usage statistics are wonky, but if people tried to use > this for crazy things like livepatching then we'd be in trouble. > > Maybe FTRACE_ARCH_FRAME_AFTER_LOCALS, which is the same length as what > you currently have? Note, it would still need to be prefixed with "ARCH_" as that's the way of showing arch specific defines. We could make it more descriptive of what it will do and not the reason for why it is done... ARCH_FTRACE_SHIFT_STACK_TRACER ? -- Steve

