Those functions are called either during kernel boot or module init.
Before:
$ dmesg | grep 'Freeing unused kernel memory'
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1208k freed
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1360k freed
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1960k freed
After:
$ dmesg | grep 'Freeing unused kernel memory'
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1236k freed
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1388k freed
Freeing unused kernel memory: 1960k freed
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5125877D.5000201@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
#undef DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS
#define DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(call, proto, args, tstruct, func, print) \
-static int notrace \
+static int notrace __init \
ftrace_define_fields_##call(struct ftrace_event_call *event_call) \
{ \
struct ftrace_raw_##call field; \
#undef FTRACE_ENTRY
#define FTRACE_ENTRY(name, struct_name, id, tstruct, print, filter) \
-int \
+static int __init \
ftrace_define_fields_##name(struct ftrace_event_call *event_call) \
{ \
struct struct_name field; \