[PATCHv3 5/5] arm64: Trace emulation of AArch32 legacy instructions
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Mon Nov 10 10:27:14 PST 2014
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 06:40:07PM +0000, Punit Agrawal wrote:
> Introduce an event to trace the usage of emulated instructions. The
> trace event is intended to help identify and encourage the migration
> of legacy software using the emulation features.
>
> Use this event to trace usage of swp and CP15 barrier emulation.
>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org>
> Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal at arm.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile | 1 +
> arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c | 19 ++++++++++++--
> arch/arm64/kernel/trace-events-emulation.h | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/trace-events-emulation.h
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> index 5362578..1fc7abd 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
> CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
> AFLAGS_head.o := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
> CFLAGS_efi-stub.o := -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
> +CFLAGS_armv8_deprecated.o := -I$(src)
>
> CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = -pg
> CFLAGS_REMOVE_insn.o = -pg
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
> index fded15f..d376fe2 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/sysctl.h>
>
> +#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
> +#include "trace-events-emulation.h"
> +
> #include <asm/insn.h>
> #include <asm/opcodes.h>
> #include <asm/system_misc.h>
> @@ -203,6 +206,11 @@ static int swp_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 instr)
> regs->user_regs.regs[destreg] = data;
>
> ret:
> + if (type == TYPE_SWPB)
> + trace_instruction_emulation("swpb", regs->pc);
> + else
> + trace_instruction_emulation("swp", regs->pc);
> +
> pr_warn_ratelimited("\"%s\" (%ld) uses obsolete SWP{B} instruction at 0x%llx\n",
> current->comm, (unsigned long)current->pid, regs->pc);
>
> @@ -260,16 +268,23 @@ static int cp15barrier_handler(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 instr)
> * dmb - mcr p15, 0, Rt, c7, c10, 5
> * dsb - mcr p15, 0, Rt, c7, c10, 4
> */
> - if (aarch32_insn_mcr_extract_opc2(instr) == 5)
> + if (aarch32_insn_mcr_extract_opc2(instr) == 5) {
> dmb(sy);
> - else
> + trace_instruction_emulation(
> + "mcr p15, 0, Rt, c7, c10, 5", regs->pc);
> + } else {
> dsb(sy);
> + trace_instruction_emulation(
> + "mcr p15, 0, Rt, c7, c10, 4", regs->pc);
> + }
> break;
> case 5:
> /*
> * isb - mcr p15, 0, Rt, c7, c5, 4
> */
> isb();
> + trace_instruction_emulation(
> + "mcr p15, 0, Rt, c7, c5, 4", regs->pc);
Any chance you can put the barrier name in here too please? Maybe as an asm
comment, e.g.:
"mcr p15, 0, Rt, c7, c5, 4 ; isb"
Will
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