my ($arch, $bits, $objdump, $objcopy, $cc,
$ld, $nm, $rm, $mv, $is_module, $inputfile) = @ARGV;
+# This file refers to mcount and shouldn't be ftraced, so lets' ignore it
+if ($inputfile eq "kernel/trace/ftrace.o") {
+ exit(0);
+}
+
# Acceptable sections to record.
my %text_sections = (
".text" => 1,