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    x86/ftrace: Get rid of function_hook · 0f42c1ad
    Borislav Petkov authored
    History lesson courtesy of Steve:
    
    "When ftrace first was introduced to the kernel, it used gcc's
    mcount profiling mechanism. The mcount mechanism would add a call to
    "mcount" at the start of every function but after the stack frame was
    set up. Later, in gcc 4.6, gcc introduced -mfentry, that would create a
    call to "__fentry__" instead of "mcount", before the stack frame was
    set up. In order to handle both cases, ftrace defined a macro
    "function_hook" that would be either "mcount" or "__fentry__" depending
    on which one was being used.
    
    The Linux kernel no longer supports the "mcount" method, thus there's
    no reason to keep the "function_hook" define around. Simply use
    "__fentry__", as there is no ambiguity to the name anymore."
    
    Drop it everywhere.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
    Acked-by: default avatarJiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
    Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
    Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
    Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
    Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
    Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: x86@kernel.org
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191018124800.0a7006bb@gandalf.local.home
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