On 04/19/21 14:54, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>
>
> On 4/12/2021 4:08 AM, Qais Yousef wrote:
> > Hi Alexander
> >
> > Fixing Ard's email as the Linaro one keeps bouncing back. Please fix that in
> > your future postings.
> >
> > On 04/12/21 08:28, Alexander Sverdlin wrote:
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> On 09/04/2021 17:33, Qais Yousef wrote:
> >>> I still think the ifdefery in patch 3 is ugly. Any reason my suggestion
> >>> didn't
> >>> work out for you? I struggle to see how this is better and why it was
> >>> hard to
> >>> incorporate my suggestion.
> >>>
> >>> For example
> >>>
> >>> - old = ftrace_call_replace(ip, adjust_address(rec, addr));
> >>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS
> >>> + /* mod is only supplied during module loading */
> >>> + if (!mod)
> >>> + mod = rec->arch.mod;
> >>> + else
> >>> + rec->arch.mod = mod;
> >>> +#endif
> >>> +
> >>> + old = ftrace_call_replace(ip, aaddr,
> >>> + !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS)
> >>> || !mod);
> >>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS
> >>> + if (!old && mod) {
> >>> + aaddr = get_module_plt(mod, ip, aaddr);
> >>> + old = ftrace_call_replace(ip, aaddr, true);
> >>> + }
> >>> +#endif
> >>> +
> >>>
> >>> There's an ifdef, followed by a code that embeds
> >>> !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS) followed by another ifdef :-/
> >>
> >> No, it's actually two small ifdefed blocks added before and after an
> >> original call,
> >> which parameters have been modified as well. The issue with arch.mod was
> >> explained
> >> by Steven Rostedt, maybe you've missed his email.
> >
> > If you're referring to arch.mod having to be protected by the ifdef I did
> > address that. Please look at my patch.
> >
> > My comment here refers to the ugliness of this ifdefery. Introducing 2
> > simple
> > wrapper functions would address that as I've demonstrated in my
> > suggestion/patch.
>
> What is the plan to move forward with this patch series, should v8 be
> submitted into RMK's patch tracker and improved upon from there, or do
> you feel like your suggestion needs to be addressed right away?
There's no objection from my side to submitting this and improve later.
Thanks
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Qais Yousef
