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-rw-r--r--include/linux/ftrace.h30
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diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 4642959e5bd..794ab907dbf 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -23,6 +23,34 @@ struct ftrace_ops {
struct ftrace_ops *next;
};
+extern int function_trace_stop;
+
+/**
+ * ftrace_stop - stop function tracer.
+ *
+ * A quick way to stop the function tracer. Note this an on off switch,
+ * it is not something that is recursive like preempt_disable.
+ * This does not disable the calling of mcount, it only stops the
+ * calling of functions from mcount.
+ */
+static inline void ftrace_stop(void)
+{
+ function_trace_stop = 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ftrace_start - start the function tracer.
+ *
+ * This function is the inverse of ftrace_stop. This does not enable
+ * the function tracing if the function tracer is disabled. This only
+ * sets the function tracer flag to continue calling the functions
+ * from mcount.
+ */
+static inline void ftrace_start(void)
+{
+ function_trace_stop = 0;
+}
+
/*
* The ftrace_ops must be a static and should also
* be read_mostly. These functions do modify read_mostly variables
@@ -41,6 +69,8 @@ extern void ftrace_stub(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1);
# define unregister_ftrace_function(ops) do { } while (0)
# define clear_ftrace_function(ops) do { } while (0)
static inline void ftrace_kill(void) { }
+static inline void ftrace_stop(void) { }
+static inline void ftrace_start(void) { }
#endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER */
#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE