ftrace/x86: Add support for -mfentry to x86_64

If the kernel is compiled with gcc 4.6.0 which supports -mfentry,
then use that instead of mcount.

With mcount, frame pointers are forced with the -pg option and we
get something like:

<can_vma_merge_before>:
       55                      push   %rbp
       48 89 e5                mov    %rsp,%rbp
       53                      push   %rbx
       41 51                   push   %r9
       e8 fe 6a 39 00          callq  ffffffff81483d00 <mcount>
       31 c0                   xor    %eax,%eax
       48 89 fb                mov    %rdi,%rbx
       48 89 d7                mov    %rdx,%rdi
       48 33 73 30             xor    0x30(%rbx),%rsi
       48 f7 c6 ff ff ff f7    test   $0xfffffffff7ffffff,%rsi

With -mfentry, frame pointers are no longer forced and the call looks
like this:

<can_vma_merge_before>:
       e8 33 af 37 00          callq  ffffffff81461b40 <__fentry__>
       53                      push   %rbx
       48 89 fb                mov    %rdi,%rbx
       31 c0                   xor    %eax,%eax
       48 89 d7                mov    %rdx,%rdi
       41 51                   push   %r9
       48 33 73 30             xor    0x30(%rbx),%rsi
       48 f7 c6 ff ff ff f7    test   $0xfffffffff7ffffff,%rsi

This adds the ftrace hook at the beginning of the function before a
frame is set up, and allows the function callbacks to be able to access
parameters. As kprobes now can use function tracing (at least on x86)
this speeds up the kprobe hooks that are at the beginning of the
function.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120807194100.130477900@goodmis.org

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index a2d19ee750ca..28dd891a0a16 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_KRETPROBES
 	select HAVE_OPTPROBES
 	select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
+	select HAVE_FENTRY if X86_64
 	select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
 	select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER