[PATCH] tracing: Remove tracing_alloc_snapshot() when snapshot isn't defined
From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sat Mar 28 2026 - 10:20:00 EST
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
The function tracing_alloc_snapshot() is only used between trace.c and
trace_snapshot.c. When snapshot isn't configured, it's not used at all.
The stub function was defined as a global with no users and no prototype
causing build issues.
Remove the function when snapshot isn't configured as nothing is calling
it.
Also remove the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() that was associated with it as it's
not used outside of the tracing subsystem which also includes any modules.
Reported-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/acb-IuZ4vDkwwQLW@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: bade44fe546212 (tracing: Move snapshot code out of trace.c and into trace_snapshot.c)
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace.c | 7 -------
1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index ec2b926436a7..7f2fbf9c36df 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -810,19 +810,12 @@ int tracing_alloc_snapshot(void)
return ret;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_alloc_snapshot);
#else
void tracing_snapshot(void)
{
WARN_ONCE(1, "Snapshot feature not enabled, but internal snapshot used");
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot);
-int tracing_alloc_snapshot(void)
-{
- WARN_ONCE(1, "Snapshot feature not enabled, but snapshot allocation used");
- return -ENODEV;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_alloc_snapshot);
void tracing_snapshot_alloc(void)
{
/* Give warning */
--
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