1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index adbed124c3e7..787f0fb0994e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static int trace_module_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
-struct notifier_block trace_module_nb = {
+static struct notifier_block trace_module_nb = {
         .notifier_call = trace_module_notify,
         .priority = 0,
 };
@@ -1326,6 +1326,18 @@ static __init void event_trace_self_tests(void)
                 if (!call->regfunc)
                         continue;
 
+/*
+ * Testing syscall events here is pretty useless, but
+ * we still do it if configured. But this is time consuming.
+ * What we really need is a user thread to perform the
+ * syscalls as we test.
+ */
+#ifndef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS
+                if (call->system &&
+                    strcmp(call->system, "syscalls") == 0)
+                        continue;
+#endif
+
                 pr_info("Testing event %s: ", call->name);
 
                 /*