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Naveen N Rao
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On 32-bit powerpc, gcc generates a three instruction sequence for function profiling: mflr r0 stw r0, 4(r1) bl _mcount On kernel boot, the call to _mcount() is nop-ed out, to be patched back in when ftrace is actually enabled. The 'stw' instruction therefore is not necessary unless ftrace is enabled. Nop it out during ftrace init. When ftrace is enabled, we want the 'stw' so that stack unwinding works properly. Perform the same within the ftrace handler, similar to 64-bit powerpc. Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241030070850.1361304-5-hbathini@linux.ibm.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.