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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-15 16:05:47 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-05-15 16:05:47 -0700
commitd2d8b146043ae7e250aef1fb312971f6f479d487 (patch)
tree22db8758a5aa0bc850ba8f83fe57b1f679924d0a /kernel/livepatch
parent2bbacd1a92788ee334c7e92b765ea16ebab68dfe (diff)
parent693713cbdb3a4bda5a8a678c31f06560bbb14657 (diff)
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Merge tag 'trace-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace
Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt: "The major changes in this tracing update includes: - Removal of non-DYNAMIC_FTRACE from 32bit x86 - Removal of mcount support from x86 - Emulating a call from int3 on x86_64, fixes live kernel patching - Consolidated Tracing Error logs file Minor updates: - Removal of klp_check_compiler_support() - kdb ftrace dumping output changes - Accessing and creating ftrace instances from inside the kernel - Clean up of #define if macro - Introduction of TRACE_EVENT_NOP() to disable trace events based on config options And other minor fixes and clean ups" * tag 'trace-v5.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (44 commits) x86: Hide the int3_emulate_call/jmp functions from UML livepatch: Remove klp_check_compiler_support() ftrace/x86: Remove mcount support ftrace/x86_32: Remove support for non DYNAMIC_FTRACE tracing: Simplify "if" macro code tracing: Fix documentation about disabling options using trace_options tracing: Replace kzalloc with kcalloc tracing: Fix partial reading of trace event's id file tracing: Allow RCU to run between postponed startup tests tracing: Fix white space issues in parse_pred() function tracing: Eliminate const char[] auto variables ring-buffer: Fix mispelling of Calculate tracing: probeevent: Fix to make the type of $comm string tracing: probeevent: Do not accumulate on ret variable tracing: uprobes: Re-enable $comm support for uprobe events ftrace/x86_64: Emulate call function while updating in breakpoint handler x86_64: Allow breakpoints to emulate call instructions x86_64: Add gap to int3 to allow for call emulation tracing: kdb: Allow ftdump to skip all but the last few entries tracing: Add trace_total_entries() / trace_total_entries_cpu() ...
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/livepatch')
-rw-r--r--kernel/livepatch/core.c8
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
index f6fbaff10e71..91cd519756d3 100644
--- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
+++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
@@ -1208,14 +1208,6 @@ void klp_module_going(struct module *mod)
static int __init klp_init(void)
{
- int ret;
-
- ret = klp_check_compiler_support();
- if (ret) {
- pr_info("Your compiler is too old; turning off.\n");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
klp_root_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("livepatch", kernel_kobj);
if (!klp_root_kobj)
return -ENOMEM;