Merge branch 'tip/tracing/core/devel' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into tracing/ftrace

Conflicts:
	kernel/trace/trace_hw_branches.c

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index 3110d92e7d81..3c103d636da3 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -121,9 +121,18 @@ unsigned long ring_buffer_overrun_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 u64 ring_buffer_time_stamp(int cpu);
 void ring_buffer_normalize_time_stamp(int cpu, u64 *ts);
 
+/*
+ * The below functions are fine to use outside the tracing facility.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_RING_BUFFER
 void tracing_on(void);
 void tracing_off(void);
 void tracing_off_permanent(void);
+#else
+static inline void tracing_on(void) { }
+static inline void tracing_off(void) { }
+static inline void tracing_off_permanent(void) { }
+#endif
 
 void *ring_buffer_alloc_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
 void ring_buffer_free_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer, void *data);