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Bug#616401: linux-image-2.6.38-rc6-amd64: Please enable FTRACE_SYSCALLS



On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 20:34 -0800, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.38~rc6-1~experimental.1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> ~$ perf list | grep syscalls:
>   raw_syscalls:sys_enter                     [Tracepoint event]
>   raw_syscalls:sys_exit                      [Tracepoint event]
> 
> Please consider enabling CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS, so perf can trace all
> syscalls by name and decode them.

This adds about 100K to the size of the kernel.  I question whether this
is worth the cost.  Maybe for 64-bit architectures/flavours only?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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