tracing: Remove obsolete PREEMPTIRQ_EVENTS kconfig option
The PREEMPTIRQ_EVENTS option is unused after commit c3bc8fd6 ("tracing: Centralize preemptirq tracepoints and unify their usage"). Remove it. Note that this option is hazardous as it stands. It enables TRACE_IRQFLAGS event on non-preempt configurations without the irqsoff tracer enabled. TRACE_IRQFLAGS as it stands incurs significant overhead on each IRQ entry/exit. This is because trace_hardirqs_[on|off] does all the per-cpu manipulations and NMI checks even if tracing is completely disabled for some insane reason. For example, netperf running UDP_STREAM on localhost incurs a 4-6% performance penalty without any tracing if IRQFLAGS is set. It can be put behind a static brach but even the function entry/exit costs a little bit. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200409104034.GJ3818@techsingularity.netSigned-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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