- 16 12月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Miao Xie 提交于
Ftrace currently initializes only the online CPUs. This implementation has two problems: - If we online a CPU after we enable the function profile, and then run the test, we will lose the trace information on that CPU. Steps to reproduce: # echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online # cd <debugfs>/tracing/ # echo <some function name> >> set_ftrace_filter # echo 1 > function_profile_enabled # echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online # run test - If we offline a CPU before we enable the function profile, we will not clear the trace information when we enable the function profile. It will trouble the users. Steps to reproduce: # cd <debugfs>/tracing/ # echo <some function name> >> set_ftrace_filter # echo 1 > function_profile_enabled # run test # cat trace_stat/function* # echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online # echo 0 > function_profile_enabled # echo 1 > function_profile_enabled # cat trace_stat/function* # run test # cat trace_stat/function* So it is better that we initialize the ftrace profiler for each possible cpu every time we enable the function profile instead of just the online ones. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1387178401-10619-1-git-send-email-miaox@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.31+ Signed-off-by: NMiao Xie <miaox@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 26 11月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
Commit 8c4f3c3f "ftrace: Check module functions being traced on reload" fixed module loading and unloading with respect to function tracing, but it missed the function graph tracer. If you perform the following # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing # echo function_graph > current_tracer # modprobe nfsd # echo nop > current_tracer You'll get the following oops message: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 2910 at /linux.git/kernel/trace/ftrace.c:1640 __ftrace_hash_rec_update.part.35+0x168/0x1b9() Modules linked in: nfsd exportfs nfs_acl lockd ipt_MASQUERADE sunrpc ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables uinput snd_hda_codec_idt CPU: 2 PID: 2910 Comm: bash Not tainted 3.13.0-rc1-test #7 Hardware name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M./To be filled by O.E.M., BIOS SDBLI944.86P 05/08/2007 0000000000000668 ffff8800787efcf8 ffffffff814fe193 ffff88007d500000 0000000000000000 ffff8800787efd38 ffffffff8103b80a 0000000000000668 ffffffff810b2b9a ffffffff81a48370 0000000000000001 ffff880037aea000 Call Trace: [<ffffffff814fe193>] dump_stack+0x4f/0x7c [<ffffffff8103b80a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x81/0x9b [<ffffffff810b2b9a>] ? __ftrace_hash_rec_update.part.35+0x168/0x1b9 [<ffffffff8103b83e>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c [<ffffffff810b2b9a>] __ftrace_hash_rec_update.part.35+0x168/0x1b9 [<ffffffff81502f89>] ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x364/0x364 [<ffffffff810b2cc2>] ftrace_shutdown+0xd7/0x12b [<ffffffff810b47f0>] unregister_ftrace_graph+0x49/0x78 [<ffffffff810c4b30>] graph_trace_reset+0xe/0x10 [<ffffffff810bf393>] tracing_set_tracer+0xa7/0x26a [<ffffffff810bf5e1>] tracing_set_trace_write+0x8b/0xbd [<ffffffff810c501c>] ? ftrace_return_to_handler+0xb2/0xde [<ffffffff811240a8>] ? __sb_end_write+0x5e/0x5e [<ffffffff81122aed>] vfs_write+0xab/0xf6 [<ffffffff8150a185>] ftrace_graph_caller+0x85/0x85 [<ffffffff81122dbd>] SyS_write+0x59/0x82 [<ffffffff8150a185>] ftrace_graph_caller+0x85/0x85 [<ffffffff8150a2d2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b ---[ end trace 940358030751eafb ]--- The above mentioned commit didn't go far enough. Well, it covered the function tracer by adding checks in __register_ftrace_function(). The problem is that the function graph tracer circumvents that (for a slight efficiency gain when function graph trace is running with a function tracer. The gain was not worth this). The problem came with ftrace_startup() which should always be called after __register_ftrace_function(), if you want this bug to be completely fixed. Anyway, this solution moves __register_ftrace_function() inside of ftrace_startup() and removes the need to call them both. Reported-by: NDave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com> Fixes: ed926f9b ("ftrace: Use counters to enable functions to trace") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.0+ Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 06 11月, 2013 2 次提交
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由 Tom Zanussi 提交于
register/unregister_ftrace_command() are only ever called from __init functions, so can themselves be made __init. Also make register_snapshot_cmd() __init for the same reason. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/d4042c8cadb7ae6f843ac9a89a24e1c6a3099727.1382620672.git.tom.zanussi@linux.intel.comSigned-off-by: NTom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
Dave Jones reported that trinity would be able to trigger the following back trace: =============================== [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ] 3.10.0-rc2+ #38 Not tainted ------------------------------- include/linux/rcupdate.h:771 rcu_read_lock() used illegally while idle! other info that might help us debug this: RCU used illegally from idle CPU! rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0 RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state! 1 lock held by trinity-child1/18786: #0: (rcu_read_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<ffffffff8113dd48>] __perf_event_overflow+0x108/0x310 stack backtrace: CPU: 3 PID: 18786 Comm: trinity-child1 Not tainted 3.10.0-rc2+ #38 0000000000000000 ffff88020767bac8 ffffffff816e2f6b ffff88020767baf8 ffffffff810b5897 ffff88021de92520 0000000000000000 ffff88020767bbf8 0000000000000000 ffff88020767bb78 ffffffff8113ded4 ffffffff8113dd48 Call Trace: [<ffffffff816e2f6b>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b [<ffffffff810b5897>] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xe7/0x120 [<ffffffff8113ded4>] __perf_event_overflow+0x294/0x310 [<ffffffff8113dd48>] ? __perf_event_overflow+0x108/0x310 [<ffffffff81309289>] ? __const_udelay+0x29/0x30 [<ffffffff81076054>] ? __rcu_read_unlock+0x54/0xa0 [<ffffffff816f4000>] ? ftrace_call+0x5/0x2f [<ffffffff8113dfa1>] perf_swevent_overflow+0x51/0xe0 [<ffffffff8113e08f>] perf_swevent_event+0x5f/0x90 [<ffffffff8113e1c9>] perf_tp_event+0x109/0x4f0 [<ffffffff8113e36f>] ? perf_tp_event+0x2af/0x4f0 [<ffffffff81074630>] ? __rcu_read_lock+0x20/0x20 [<ffffffff8112d79f>] perf_ftrace_function_call+0xbf/0xd0 [<ffffffff8110e1e1>] ? ftrace_ops_control_func+0x181/0x210 [<ffffffff81074630>] ? __rcu_read_lock+0x20/0x20 [<ffffffff81100cae>] ? rcu_eqs_enter_common+0x5e/0x470 [<ffffffff8110e1e1>] ftrace_ops_control_func+0x181/0x210 [<ffffffff816f4000>] ftrace_call+0x5/0x2f [<ffffffff8110e229>] ? ftrace_ops_control_func+0x1c9/0x210 [<ffffffff816f4000>] ? ftrace_call+0x5/0x2f [<ffffffff81074635>] ? debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled+0x5/0x40 [<ffffffff81074635>] ? debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled+0x5/0x40 [<ffffffff81100cae>] ? rcu_eqs_enter_common+0x5e/0x470 [<ffffffff8110112a>] rcu_eqs_enter+0x6a/0xb0 [<ffffffff81103673>] rcu_user_enter+0x13/0x20 [<ffffffff8114541a>] user_enter+0x6a/0xd0 [<ffffffff8100f6d8>] syscall_trace_leave+0x78/0x140 [<ffffffff816f46af>] int_check_syscall_exit_work+0x34/0x3d ------------[ cut here ]------------ Perf uses rcu_read_lock() but as the function tracer can trace functions even when RCU is not currently active, this makes the rcu_read_lock() used by perf ineffective. As perf is currently the only user of the ftrace_ops_control_func() and perf is also the only function callback that actively uses rcu_read_lock(), the quick fix is to prevent the ftrace_ops_control_func() from calling its callbacks if RCU is not active. With Paul's new "rcu_is_watching()" we can tell if RCU is active or not. Reported-by: NDave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 19 10月, 2013 4 次提交
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由 Namhyung Kim 提交于
The set_graph_notrace filter is analogous to set_ftrace_notrace and can be used for eliminating uninteresting part of function graph trace output. It also works with set_graph_function nicely. # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/ # echo do_page_fault > set_graph_function # perf ftrace live true 2) | do_page_fault() { 2) | __do_page_fault() { 2) 0.381 us | down_read_trylock(); 2) 0.055 us | __might_sleep(); 2) 0.696 us | find_vma(); 2) | handle_mm_fault() { 2) | handle_pte_fault() { 2) | __do_fault() { 2) | filemap_fault() { 2) | find_get_page() { 2) 0.033 us | __rcu_read_lock(); 2) 0.035 us | __rcu_read_unlock(); 2) 1.696 us | } 2) 0.031 us | __might_sleep(); 2) 2.831 us | } 2) | _raw_spin_lock() { 2) 0.046 us | add_preempt_count(); 2) 0.841 us | } 2) 0.033 us | page_add_file_rmap(); 2) | _raw_spin_unlock() { 2) 0.057 us | sub_preempt_count(); 2) 0.568 us | } 2) | unlock_page() { 2) 0.084 us | page_waitqueue(); 2) 0.126 us | __wake_up_bit(); 2) 1.117 us | } 2) 7.729 us | } 2) 8.397 us | } 2) 8.956 us | } 2) 0.085 us | up_read(); 2) + 12.745 us | } 2) + 13.401 us | } ... # echo handle_mm_fault > set_graph_notrace # perf ftrace live true 1) | do_page_fault() { 1) | __do_page_fault() { 1) 0.205 us | down_read_trylock(); 1) 0.041 us | __might_sleep(); 1) 0.344 us | find_vma(); 1) 0.069 us | up_read(); 1) 4.692 us | } 1) 5.311 us | } ... Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1381739066-7531-5-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: NNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Namhyung Kim 提交于
The parser set up is just a generic utility that uses local variables allocated by the function. There's no need to hold the graph_lock for this set up. This also makes the code simpler. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1381739066-7531-4-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: NNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Namhyung Kim 提交于
The struct ftrace_graph_data is for generalizing the access to set_graph_function file. This is a preparation for adding support to set_graph_notrace. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1381739066-7531-3-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: NNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Namhyung Kim 提交于
The ftrace_graph_filter_enabled means that user sets function filter and it always has same meaning of ftrace_graph_count > 0. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1381739066-7531-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: NNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 04 9月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
There's a slight race when going from a list function to a non list function. That is, when only one callback is registered to the function tracer, it gets called directly by the mcount trampoline. But if this function has filters, it may be called by the wrong functions. As the list ops callback that handles multiple callbacks that are registered to ftrace, it also handles what functions they call. While the transaction is taking place, use the list function always, and after all the updates are finished (only the functions that should be traced are being traced), then we can update the trampoline to call the function directly. Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 31 7月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
There's been a nasty bug that would show up and not give much info. The bug displayed the following warning: WARNING: at kernel/trace/ftrace.c:1529 __ftrace_hash_rec_update+0x1e3/0x230() Pid: 20903, comm: bash Tainted: G O 3.6.11+ #38405.trunk Call Trace: [<ffffffff8103e5ff>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [<ffffffff8103e65a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [<ffffffff810c2ee3>] __ftrace_hash_rec_update+0x1e3/0x230 [<ffffffff810c4f28>] ftrace_hash_move+0x28/0x1d0 [<ffffffff811401cc>] ? kfree+0x2c/0x110 [<ffffffff810c68ee>] ftrace_regex_release+0x8e/0x150 [<ffffffff81149f1e>] __fput+0xae/0x220 [<ffffffff8114a09e>] ____fput+0xe/0x10 [<ffffffff8105fa22>] task_work_run+0x72/0x90 [<ffffffff810028ec>] do_notify_resume+0x6c/0xc0 [<ffffffff8126596e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3c [<ffffffff815c0f88>] int_signal+0x12/0x17 ---[ end trace 793179526ee09b2c ]--- It was finally narrowed down to unloading a module that was being traced. It was actually more than that. When functions are being traced, there's a table of all functions that have a ref count of the number of active tracers attached to that function. When a function trace callback is registered to a function, the function's record ref count is incremented. When it is unregistered, the function's record ref count is decremented. If an inconsistency is detected (ref count goes below zero) the above warning is shown and the function tracing is permanently disabled until reboot. The ftrace callback ops holds a hash of functions that it filters on (and/or filters off). If the hash is empty, the default means to filter all functions (for the filter_hash) or to disable no functions (for the notrace_hash). When a module is unloaded, it frees the function records that represent the module functions. These records exist on their own pages, that is function records for one module will not exist on the same page as function records for other modules or even the core kernel. Now when a module unloads, the records that represents its functions are freed. When the module is loaded again, the records are recreated with a default ref count of zero (unless there's a callback that traces all functions, then they will also be traced, and the ref count will be incremented). The problem is that if an ftrace callback hash includes functions of the module being unloaded, those hash entries will not be removed. If the module is reloaded in the same location, the hash entries still point to the functions of the module but the module's ref counts do not reflect that. With the help of Steve and Joern, we found a reproducer: Using uinput module and uinput_release function. cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing modprobe uinput echo uinput_release > set_ftrace_filter echo function > current_tracer rmmod uinput modprobe uinput # check /proc/modules to see if loaded in same addr, otherwise try again echo nop > current_tracer [BOOM] The above loads the uinput module, which creates a table of functions that can be traced within the module. We add uinput_release to the filter_hash to trace just that function. Enable function tracincg, which increments the ref count of the record associated to uinput_release. Remove uinput, which frees the records including the one that represents uinput_release. Load the uinput module again (and make sure it's at the same address). This recreates the function records all with a ref count of zero, including uinput_release. Disable function tracing, which will decrement the ref count for uinput_release which is now zero because of the module removal and reload, and we have a mismatch (below zero ref count). The solution is to check all currently tracing ftrace callbacks to see if any are tracing any of the module's functions when a module is loaded (it already does that with callbacks that trace all functions). If a callback happens to have a module function being traced, it increments that records ref count and starts tracing that function. There may be a strange side effect with this, where tracing module functions on unload and then reloading a new module may have that new module's functions being traced. This may be something that confuses the user, but it's not a big deal. Another approach is to disable all callback hashes on module unload, but this leaves some ftrace callbacks that may not be registered, but can still have hashes tracing the module's function where ftrace doesn't know about it. That situation can cause the same bug. This solution solves that case too. Another benefit of this solution, is it is possible to trace a module's function on unload and load. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130705142629.GA325@redhat.comReported-by: NJörn Engel <joern@logfs.org> Reported-by: NDave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Reported-by: NSteve Hodgson <steve@purestorage.com> Tested-by: NSteve Hodgson <steve@purestorage.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 30 7月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
When ftrace ops modifies the functions that it will trace, the update to the function mcount callers may need to be modified. Consolidate the two places that do the checks to see if an update is required with a wrapper function for those checks. Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 24 7月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
If a ftrace ops is registered with the SAVE_REGS flag set, and there's already a ops registered to one of its functions but without the SAVE_REGS flag, there's a small race window where the SAVE_REGS ops gets added to the list of callbacks to call for that function before the callback trampoline gets set to save the regs. The problem is, the function is not currently saving regs, which opens a small race window where the ops that is expecting regs to be passed to it, wont. This can cause a crash if the callback were to reference the regs, as the SAVE_REGS guarantees that regs will be set. To fix this, we add a check in the loop case where it checks if the ops has the SAVE_REGS flag set, and if so, it will ignore it if regs is not set. Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 02 7月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
If the kernel command line ftrace filter parameters are set (ftrace_filter or ftrace_notrace), force the function self test to pass, with a warning why it was forced. If the user adds a filter to the kernel command line, it is assumed that they know what they are doing, and the self test should just not run instead of failing (which disables function tracing) or clearing the filter, as that will probably annoy the user. If the user wants the selftest to run, the message will tell them why it did not. Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 20 6月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Juri Lelli 提交于
When FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER is enabled, ftrace can profile kernel functions and print basic statistics about them. Unfortunately, running stddev calculation is wrong. This patch corrects it implementing Welford’s method: s^2 = 1 / (n * (n-1)) * (n * \Sum (x_i)^2 - (\Sum x_i)^2) . Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1371031398-24048-1-git-send-email-juri.lelli@gmail.com Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NJuri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 12 6月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt 提交于
The function tracer uses preempt_disable/enable_notrace() for synchronization between reading registered ftrace_ops and unregistering them. Most of the ftrace_ops are global permanent structures that do not require this synchronization. That is, ops may be added and removed from the hlist but are never freed, and wont hurt if a synchronization is missed. But this is not true for dynamically created ftrace_ops or control_ops, which are used by the perf function tracing. The problem here is that the function tracer can be used to trace kernel/user context switches as well as going to and from idle. Basically, it can be used to trace blind spots of the RCU subsystem. This means that even though preempt_disable() is done, a synchronize_sched() will ignore CPUs that haven't made it out of user space or idle. These can include functions that are being traced just before entering or exiting the kernel sections. To implement the RCU synchronization, instead of using synchronize_sched() the use of schedule_on_each_cpu() is performed. This means that when a dynamically allocated ftrace_ops, or a control ops is being unregistered, all CPUs must be touched and execute a ftrace_sync() stub function via the work queues. This will rip CPUs out from idle or in dynamic tick mode. This only happens when a user disables perf function tracing or other dynamically allocated function tracers, but it allows us to continue to debug RCU and context tracking with function tracing. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1369785676.15552.55.camel@gandalf.local.home Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: NPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 29 5月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt 提交于
As rcu_dereference_raw() under RCU debug config options can add quite a bit of checks, and that tracing uses rcu_dereference_raw(), these checks happen with the function tracer. The function tracer also happens to trace these debug checks too. This added overhead can livelock the system. Have the function tracer use the new RCU _notrace equivalents that do not do the debug checks for RCU. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130528184209.467603904@goodmis.orgAcked-by: NPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 10 5月, 2013 5 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
When the first function probe is added and the function tracer is updated the functions are modified to call the probe. But when a second function is added, it updates the function records to have the second function also update, but it fails to update the actual function itself. This prevents the second (or third or forth and so on) probes from having their functions called. # echo vfs_symlink:enable_event:sched:sched_switch > set_ftrace_filter # echo vfs_unlink:enable_event:sched:sched_switch > set_ftrace_filter # cat trace # tracer: nop # # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 0/0 #P:4 # # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / delay # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION # | | | |||| | | # touch /tmp/a # rm /tmp/a # cat trace # tracer: nop # # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 0/0 #P:4 # # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / delay # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION # | | | |||| | | # ln -s /tmp/a # cat trace # tracer: nop # # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 414/414 #P:4 # # _-----=> irqs-off # / _----=> need-resched # | / _---=> hardirq/softirq # || / _--=> preempt-depth # ||| / delay # TASK-PID CPU# |||| TIMESTAMP FUNCTION # | | | |||| | | <idle>-0 [000] d..3 2847.923031: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/0 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=bash next_pid=2786 next_prio=120 <...>-3114 [001] d..4 2847.923035: sched_switch: prev_comm=ln prev_pid=3114 prev_prio=120 prev_state=x ==> next_comm=swapper/1 next_pid=0 next_prio=120 bash-2786 [000] d..3 2847.923535: sched_switch: prev_comm=bash prev_pid=2786 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=kworker/0:1 next_pid=34 next_prio=120 kworker/0:1-34 [000] d..3 2847.923552: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/0:1 prev_pid=34 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper/0 next_pid=0 next_prio=120 <idle>-0 [002] d..3 2847.923554: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper/2 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=sshd next_pid=2783 next_prio=120 sshd-2783 [002] d..3 2847.923660: sched_switch: prev_comm=sshd prev_pid=2783 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper/2 next_pid=0 next_prio=120 Still need to update the functions even though the probe itself does not need to be registered again when added a new probe. Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
The enabled_functions debugfs file was created to be able to see what functions have been modified from nops to calling a tracer. The current method uses the counter in the function record. As when a ftrace_ops is registered to a function, its count increases. But that doesn't mean that the function is actively being traced. /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_enabled can be set to zero which would disable it, as well as something can go wrong and we can think its enabled when only the counter is set. The record's FTRACE_FL_ENABLED flag is set or cleared when its function is modified. That is a much more accurate way of knowing what function is enabled or not. Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
The iteration of the ftrace function list and the call to ftrace_match_record() need to be protected by the ftrace_lock. Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Masami Hiramatsu 提交于
Cleanup regex_lock and ftrace_lock locking points around ftrace_ops hash update code. The new rule is that regex_lock protects ops->*_hash read-update-write code for each ftrace_ops. Usually, hash update is done by following sequence. 1. allocate a new local hash and copy the original hash. 2. update the local hash. 3. move(actually, copy) back the local hash to ftrace_ops. 4. update ftrace entries if needed. 5. release the local hash. This makes regex_lock protect #1-#4, and ftrace_lock to protect #3, #4 and adding and removing ftrace_ops from the ftrace_ops_list. The ftrace_lock protects #3 as well because the move functions update the entries too. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130509054421.30398.83411.stgit@mhiramat-M0-7522 Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NMasami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Masami Hiramatsu 提交于
Fix a deadlock on ftrace_regex_lock which happens when setting an enable_event trigger on dynamic kprobe event as below. ---- sh-2.05b# echo p vfs_symlink > kprobe_events sh-2.05b# echo vfs_symlink:enable_event:kprobes:p_vfs_symlink_0 > set_ftrace_filter ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 3.9.0+ #35 Not tainted --------------------------------------------- sh/72 is trying to acquire lock: (ftrace_regex_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff810ba6c1>] ftrace_set_hash+0x81/0x1f0 but task is already holding lock: (ftrace_regex_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff810b7cbd>] ftrace_regex_write.isra.29.part.30+0x3d/0x220 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(ftrace_regex_lock); lock(ftrace_regex_lock); *** DEADLOCK *** ---- To fix that, this introduces a finer regex_lock for each ftrace_ops. ftrace_regex_lock is too big of a lock which protects all filter/notrace_hash operations, but it doesn't need to be a global lock after supporting multiple ftrace_ops because each ftrace_ops has its own filter/notrace_hash. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130509054417.30398.84254.stgit@mhiramat-M0-7522 Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NMasami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> [ Added initialization flag and automate mutex initialization for non ftrace.c ftrace_probes. ] Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 09 5月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
As ftrace_regex_write() reads the result of ftrace_process_regex() which can sometimes return a positive number, only consider a failure if the return is negative. Otherwise, it will skip possible other registered probes and by returning a positive number that wasn't read, it will confuse the user processes doing the writing. Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 13 4月, 2013 5 次提交
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由 Namhyung Kim 提交于
It seems that function profiler's hash size is fixed at 1024. Add and use FTRACE_PROFILE_HASH_BITS instead and update hash size macro. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1365551750-4504-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: NNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Namhyung Kim 提交于
It's not used anywhere in the function. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1365553093-10180-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: NNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Namhyung Kim 提交于
The ftrace_graph_count can be decreased with a "!" pattern, so that the enabled flag should be updated too. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1365663698-2413-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: NNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
As ftrace_filter_lseek is now used with ftrace_pid_fops, it needs to be moved out of the #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE section as the ftrace_pid_fops is defined when DYNAMIC_FTRACE is not. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Namhyung Kim 提交于
Currently set_ftrace_pid and set_graph_function files use seq_lseek for their fops. However seq_open() is called only for FMODE_READ in the fops->open() so that if an user tries to seek one of those file when she open it for writing, it sees NULL seq_file and then panic. It can be easily reproduced with following command: $ cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing $ echo 1234 | sudo tee -a set_ftrace_pid In this example, GNU coreutils' tee opens the file with fopen(, "a") and then the fopen() internally calls lseek(). Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1365663302-2170-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: NNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 10 4月, 2013 2 次提交
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由 Namhyung Kim 提交于
The first page was allocated separately, so no need to start from 0. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1364820385-32027-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: NNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Namhyung Kim 提交于
On the failure path, stat->start and stat->pages will refer same page. So it'll attempt to free the same page again and get kernel panic. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1364820385-32027-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: NNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 09 4月, 2013 3 次提交
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由 Chen Gang 提交于
Use strlcpy() instead of strncpy() as it will always add a '\0' to the end of the string even if the buffer is smaller than what is being copied. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/51624254.30301@asianux.comSigned-off-by: NChen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
The function tracing control loop used by perf spits out a warning if the called function is not a control function. This is because the control function references a per cpu allocated data structure on struct ftrace_ops that is not allocated for other types of functions. commit 0a016409 "ftrace: Optimize the function tracer list loop" Had an optimization done to all function tracing loops to optimize for a single registered ops. Unfortunately, this allows for a slight race when tracing starts or ends, where the stub function might be called after the current registered ops is removed. In this case we get the following dump: root# perf stat -e ftrace:function sleep 1 [ 74.339105] WARNING: at include/linux/ftrace.h:209 ftrace_ops_control_func+0xde/0xf0() [ 74.349522] Hardware name: PRIMERGY RX200 S6 [ 74.357149] Modules linked in: sg igb iTCO_wdt ptp pps_core iTCO_vendor_support i7core_edac dca lpc_ich i2c_i801 coretemp edac_core crc32c_intel mfd_core ghash_clmulni_intel dm_multipath acpi_power_meter pcspk r microcode vhost_net tun macvtap macvlan nfsd kvm_intel kvm auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd sunrpc uinput xfs libcrc32c sd_mod crc_t10dif sr_mod cdrom mgag200 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper ttm qla2xxx mptsas ahci drm li bahci scsi_transport_sas mptscsih libata scsi_transport_fc i2c_core mptbase scsi_tgt dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [ 74.446233] Pid: 1377, comm: perf Tainted: G W 3.9.0-rc1 #1 [ 74.453458] Call Trace: [ 74.456233] [<ffffffff81062e3f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [ 74.462997] [<ffffffff810fbc60>] ? rcu_note_context_switch+0xa0/0xa0 [ 74.470272] [<ffffffff811041a2>] ? __unregister_ftrace_function+0xa2/0x1a0 [ 74.478117] [<ffffffff81062e9a>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ 74.484681] [<ffffffff81102ede>] ftrace_ops_control_func+0xde/0xf0 [ 74.491760] [<ffffffff8162f400>] ftrace_call+0x5/0x2f [ 74.497511] [<ffffffff8162f400>] ? ftrace_call+0x5/0x2f [ 74.503486] [<ffffffff8162f400>] ? ftrace_call+0x5/0x2f [ 74.509500] [<ffffffff810fbc65>] ? synchronize_sched+0x5/0x50 [ 74.516088] [<ffffffff816254d5>] ? _cond_resched+0x5/0x40 [ 74.522268] [<ffffffff810fbc65>] ? synchronize_sched+0x5/0x50 [ 74.528837] [<ffffffff811041a2>] ? __unregister_ftrace_function+0xa2/0x1a0 [ 74.536696] [<ffffffff816254d5>] ? _cond_resched+0x5/0x40 [ 74.542878] [<ffffffff8162402d>] ? mutex_lock+0x1d/0x50 [ 74.548869] [<ffffffff81105c67>] unregister_ftrace_function+0x27/0x50 [ 74.556243] [<ffffffff8111eadf>] perf_ftrace_event_register+0x9f/0x140 [ 74.563709] [<ffffffff816254d5>] ? _cond_resched+0x5/0x40 [ 74.569887] [<ffffffff8162402d>] ? mutex_lock+0x1d/0x50 [ 74.575898] [<ffffffff8111e94e>] perf_trace_destroy+0x2e/0x50 [ 74.582505] [<ffffffff81127ba9>] tp_perf_event_destroy+0x9/0x10 [ 74.589298] [<ffffffff811295d0>] free_event+0x70/0x1a0 [ 74.595208] [<ffffffff8112a579>] perf_event_release_kernel+0x69/0xa0 [ 74.602460] [<ffffffff816254d5>] ? _cond_resched+0x5/0x40 [ 74.608667] [<ffffffff8112a640>] put_event+0x90/0xc0 [ 74.614373] [<ffffffff8112a740>] perf_release+0x10/0x20 [ 74.620367] [<ffffffff811a3044>] __fput+0xf4/0x280 [ 74.625894] [<ffffffff811a31de>] ____fput+0xe/0x10 [ 74.631387] [<ffffffff81083697>] task_work_run+0xa7/0xe0 [ 74.637452] [<ffffffff81014981>] do_notify_resume+0x71/0xb0 [ 74.643843] [<ffffffff8162fa92>] int_signal+0x12/0x17 To fix this a new ftrace_ops flag is added that denotes the ftrace_list_end ftrace_ops stub as just that, a stub. This flag is now checked in the control loop and the function is not called if the flag is set. Thanks to Jovi for not just reporting the bug, but also pointing out where the bug was in the code. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/514A8855.7090402@redhat.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1364377499-1900-15-git-send-email-jovi.zhangwei@huawei.comTested-by: NWANG Chao <chaowang@redhat.com> Reported-by: NWANG Chao <chaowang@redhat.com> Reported-by: Nzhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Jan Kiszka 提交于
If we reenable ftrace via syctl, we currently set ftrace_trace_function based on the previous simplistic algorithm. This is inconsistent with what update_ftrace_function does. So better call that helper instead. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5151D26F.1070702@siemens.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: NJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 08 4月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Chen Gang 提交于
For NUL terminated string we always need to set '\0' at the end. Signed-off-by: NChen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com> Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/516243B7.9020405@asianux.comSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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- 15 3月, 2013 3 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
The entries to the probe hash must be freed after a synchronize_sched() after the entry has been removed from the hash. As the entries are registered with ops that may have their own callbacks, and these callbacks may sleep, we can not use call_rcu_sched() because the rcu callbacks registered with that are called from a softirq context. Instead of using call_rcu_sched(), manually save the entries on a free_list and at the end of the loop that removes the entries, do a synchronize_sched() and then go through the free_list, freeing the entries. Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
When a function probe is created, each function that the probe is attached to, a "callback" method is called. On release of the probe, each function entry calls the "free" method. First, "callback" is a confusing name and does not really match what it does. Callback sounds like it will be called when the probe triggers. But that's not the case. This is really an "init" function, so lets rename it as such. Secondly, both "init" and "free" do not pass enough information back to the handlers. Pass back the ops, ip and data for each time the method is called. We have the information, might as well use it. Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
Currently the function probe enables all functions and runs a "hash" against every function call to see if it should call a probe. This is extremely wasteful. Note, a probe is something like: echo schedule:traceoff > /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter When schedule is called, the probe will disable tracing. But currently, it has a call back for *all* functions, and checks to see if the called function is the probe that is needed. The probe function has been created before ftrace was rewritten to allow for more than one "op" to be registered by the function tracer. When probes were created, it couldn't limit the functions without also limiting normal function calls. But now we can, it's about time to update the probe code. Todo, have separate ops for different entries. That is, assign a ftrace_ops per probe, instead of one op for all probes. But as there's not many probes assigned, this may not be that urgent. Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 14 3月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
Because function tracing is very invasive, and can even trace calls to rcu_read_lock(), RCU access in function tracing is done with preempt_disable_notrace(). This requires a synchronize_sched() for updates and not a synchronize_rcu(). Function probes (traceon, traceoff, etc) must be freed after a synchronize_sched() after its entry has been removed from the hash. But call_rcu() is used. Fix this by using call_rcu_sched(). Also fix the usage to use hlist_del_rcu() instead of hlist_del(). Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 28 2月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Sasha Levin 提交于
I'm not sure why, but the hlist for each entry iterators were conceived list_for_each_entry(pos, head, member) The hlist ones were greedy and wanted an extra parameter: hlist_for_each_entry(tpos, pos, head, member) Why did they need an extra pos parameter? I'm not quite sure. Not only they don't really need it, it also prevents the iterator from looking exactly like the list iterator, which is unfortunate. Besides the semantic patch, there was some manual work required: - Fix up the actual hlist iterators in linux/list.h - Fix up the declaration of other iterators based on the hlist ones. - A very small amount of places were using the 'node' parameter, this was modified to use 'obj->member' instead. - Coccinelle didn't handle the hlist_for_each_entry_safe iterator properly, so those had to be fixed up manually. The semantic patch which is mostly the work of Peter Senna Tschudin is here: @@ iterator name hlist_for_each_entry, hlist_for_each_entry_continue, hlist_for_each_entry_from, hlist_for_each_entry_rcu, hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_bh, hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu_bh, for_each_busy_worker, ax25_uid_for_each, ax25_for_each, inet_bind_bucket_for_each, sctp_for_each_hentry, sk_for_each, sk_for_each_rcu, sk_for_each_from, sk_for_each_safe, sk_for_each_bound, hlist_for_each_entry_safe, hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu, nr_neigh_for_each, nr_neigh_for_each_safe, nr_node_for_each, nr_node_for_each_safe, for_each_gfn_indirect_valid_sp, for_each_gfn_sp, for_each_host; type T; expression a,c,d,e; identifier b; statement S; @@ -T b; <+... when != b ( hlist_for_each_entry(a, - b, c, d) S | hlist_for_each_entry_continue(a, - b, c) S | hlist_for_each_entry_from(a, - b, c) S | hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(a, - b, c, d) S | hlist_for_each_entry_rcu_bh(a, - b, c, d) S | hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu_bh(a, - b, c) S | for_each_busy_worker(a, c, - b, d) S | ax25_uid_for_each(a, - b, c) S | ax25_for_each(a, - b, c) S | inet_bind_bucket_for_each(a, - b, c) S | sctp_for_each_hentry(a, - b, c) S | sk_for_each(a, - b, c) S | sk_for_each_rcu(a, - b, c) S | sk_for_each_from -(a, b) +(a) S + sk_for_each_from(a) S | sk_for_each_safe(a, - b, c, d) S | sk_for_each_bound(a, - b, c) S | hlist_for_each_entry_safe(a, - b, c, d, e) S | hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(a, - b, c) S | nr_neigh_for_each(a, - b, c) S | nr_neigh_for_each_safe(a, - b, c, d) S | nr_node_for_each(a, - b, c) S | nr_node_for_each_safe(a, - b, c, d) S | - for_each_gfn_sp(a, c, d, b) S + for_each_gfn_sp(a, c, d) S | - for_each_gfn_indirect_valid_sp(a, c, d, b) S + for_each_gfn_indirect_valid_sp(a, c, d) S | for_each_host(a, - b, c) S | for_each_host_safe(a, - b, c, d) S | for_each_mesh_entry(a, - b, c, d) S ) ...+> [akpm@linux-foundation.org: drop bogus change from net/ipv4/raw.c] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: drop bogus hunk from net/ipv6/raw.c] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: checkpatch fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix warnings] [akpm@linux-foudnation.org: redo intrusive kvm changes] Tested-by: NPeter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com> Acked-by: NPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NSasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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- 19 2月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) 提交于
Commit: c1bf08ac "ftrace: Be first to run code modification on modules" changed ftrace module notifier's priority to INT_MAX in order to process the ftrace nops before anything else could touch them (namely kprobes). This was the correct thing to do. Unfortunately, the ftrace module notifier also contains the ftrace clean up code. As opposed to the set up code, this code should be run *after* all the module notifiers have run in case a module is doing correct clean-up and unregisters its ftrace hooks. Basically, ftrace needs to do clean up on module removal, as it needs to know about code being removed so that it doesn't try to modify that code. But after it removes the module from its records, if a ftrace user tries to remove a probe, that removal will fail due as the record of that code segment no longer exists. Nothing really bad happens if the probe removal is called after ftrace did the clean up, but the ftrace removal function will return an error. Correct code (such as kprobes) will produce a WARN_ON() if it fails to remove the probe. As people get annoyed by frivolous warnings, it's best to do the ftrace clean up after everything else. By splitting the ftrace_module_notifier into two notifiers, one that does the module load setup that is run at high priority, and the other that is called for module clean up that is run at low priority, the problem is solved. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: NFrank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> Acked-by: NMasami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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- 23 1月, 2013 1 次提交
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由 Steven Rostedt 提交于
When function tracing occurs, the following steps are made: If arch does not support a ftrace feature: call internal function (uses INTERNAL bits) which calls... If callback is registered to the "global" list, the list function is called and recursion checks the GLOBAL bits. then this function calls... The function callback, which can use the FTRACE bits to check for recursion. Now if the arch does not suppport a feature, and it calls the global list function which calls the ftrace callback all three of these steps will do a recursion protection. There's no reason to do one if the previous caller already did. The recursion that we are protecting against will go through the same steps again. To prevent the multiple recursion checks, if a recursion bit is set that is higher than the MAX bit of the current check, then we know that the check was made by the previous caller, and we can skip the current check. Signed-off-by: NSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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