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+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+# To debug, uncomment the following line
+# set -x
+
+# -mprofile-kernel is only supported on 64le, so this should not be invoked
+# for other targets. Therefore we can pass in -m64 and -mlittle-endian
+# explicitly, to take care of toolchains defaulting to other targets.
+
+# Test whether the compile option -mprofile-kernel exists and generates
+# profiling code (ie. a call to _mcount()).
+echo "int func() { return 0; }" | \
+    $* -m64 -mlittle-endian -S -x c -O2 -p -mprofile-kernel - -o - \
+    2> /dev/null | grep -q "_mcount"
+
+# Test whether the notrace attribute correctly suppresses calls to _mcount().
+
+echo -e "#include <linux/compiler.h>\nnotrace int func() { return 0; }" | \
+    $* -m64 -mlittle-endian -S -x c -O2 -p -mprofile-kernel - -o - \
+    2> /dev/null | grep -q "_mcount" && \
+    exit 1
+
+exit 0