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Add the --mcount option for generating __mcount_loc sections needed for dynamic ftrace. Using this pass requires the kernel to be compiled with -mfentry and CC_USING_NOP_MCOUNT to be defined in Makefile. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200625200235.GQ4781@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net/ Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> [Sami: rebased, dropped config changes, fixed to actually use --mcount, and wrote a commit message.] Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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 Restructured Text 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.