Merge branch 'core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rric/oprofile into perf/core
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 4d03a7ef..4db60b2 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
ifdef BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
-cmd_record_mcount = $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount "$(@)";
+cmd_record_mcount = $(objtree)/scripts/recordmcount "$(@)";
else
cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \
"$(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)" \
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index 7f7f718..26e1271 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -313,12 +313,30 @@
int
main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
+ const char ftrace[] = "kernel/trace/ftrace.o";
+ int ftrace_size = sizeof(ftrace) - 1;
int n_error = 0; /* gcc-4.3.0 false positive complaint */
- if (argc <= 1)
+
+ if (argc <= 1) {
fprintf(stderr, "usage: recordmcount file.o...\n");
- else /* Process each file in turn, allowing deep failure. */
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ /* Process each file in turn, allowing deep failure. */
for (--argc, ++argv; 0 < argc; --argc, ++argv) {
int const sjval = setjmp(jmpenv);
+ int len;
+
+ /*
+ * The file kernel/trace/ftrace.o references the mcount
+ * function but does not call it. Since ftrace.o should
+ * not be traced anyway, we just skip it.
+ */
+ len = strlen(argv[0]);
+ if (len >= ftrace_size &&
+ strcmp(argv[0] + (len - ftrace_size), ftrace) == 0)
+ continue;
+
switch (sjval) {
default: {
fprintf(stderr, "internal error: %s\n", argv[0]);
