[PATCH v5 5/8] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative references

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Mon Dec 25 12:54:37 PST 2017


To avoid the need for relocating absolute references to tracepoint
structures at boot time when running relocatable kernels (which may
take a disproportionate amount of space), add the option to emit
these tables as relative references instead.

Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
---
 include/linux/tracepoint.h | 19 ++++++--
 kernel/tracepoint.c        | 50 +++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index a26ffbe09e71..d02bf1a695e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -228,6 +228,19 @@ extern void syscall_unregfunc(void);
 		return static_key_false(&__tracepoint_##name.key);	\
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
+#define __TRACEPOINT_ENTRY(name)					 \
+	asm("	.section \"__tracepoints_ptrs\", \"a\"		     \n" \
+	    "	.balign 4					     \n" \
+	    "	.long " VMLINUX_SYMBOL_STR(__tracepoint_##name) " - .\n" \
+	    "	.previous					     \n")
+#else
+#define __TRACEPOINT_ENTRY(name)					 \
+	static struct tracepoint * const __tracepoint_ptr_##name __used	 \
+	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_ptrs"))) =		 \
+		&__tracepoint_##name
+#endif
+
 /*
  * We have no guarantee that gcc and the linker won't up-align the tracepoint
  * structures, so we create an array of pointers that will be used for iteration
@@ -237,11 +250,9 @@ extern void syscall_unregfunc(void);
 	static const char __tpstrtab_##name[]				 \
 	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_strings"))) = #name;	 \
 	struct tracepoint __tracepoint_##name				 \
-	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints"))) =			 \
+	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints"), used)) =		 \
 		{ __tpstrtab_##name, STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE, reg, unreg, NULL };\
-	static struct tracepoint * const __tracepoint_ptr_##name __used	 \
-	__attribute__((section("__tracepoints_ptrs"))) =		 \
-		&__tracepoint_##name;
+	__TRACEPOINT_ENTRY(name);
 
 #define DEFINE_TRACE(name)						\
 	DEFINE_TRACE_FN(name, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 685c50ae6300..05649fef106c 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -327,6 +327,28 @@ int tracepoint_probe_unregister(struct tracepoint *tp, void *probe, void *data)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_unregister);
 
+static void for_each_tracepoint_range(struct tracepoint * const *begin,
+		struct tracepoint * const *end,
+		void (*fct)(struct tracepoint *tp, void *priv),
+		void *priv)
+{
+	if (!begin)
+		return;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS)) {
+		const int *iter;
+
+		for (iter = (const int *)begin; iter < (const int *)end; iter++)
+			fct((struct tracepoint *)((unsigned long)iter + *iter),
+			    priv);
+	} else {
+		struct tracepoint * const *iter;
+
+		for (iter = begin; iter < end; iter++)
+			fct(*iter, priv);
+	}
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 bool trace_module_has_bad_taint(struct module *mod)
 {
@@ -391,15 +413,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_tracepoint_module_notifier);
  * Ensure the tracer unregistered the module's probes before the module
  * teardown is performed. Prevents leaks of probe and data pointers.
  */
-static void tp_module_going_check_quiescent(struct tracepoint * const *begin,
-		struct tracepoint * const *end)
+static void tp_module_going_check_quiescent(struct tracepoint *tp, void *priv)
 {
-	struct tracepoint * const *iter;
-
-	if (!begin)
-		return;
-	for (iter = begin; iter < end; iter++)
-		WARN_ON_ONCE((*iter)->funcs);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(tp->funcs);
 }
 
 static int tracepoint_module_coming(struct module *mod)
@@ -450,8 +466,9 @@ static void tracepoint_module_going(struct module *mod)
 			 * Called the going notifier before checking for
 			 * quiescence.
 			 */
-			tp_module_going_check_quiescent(mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
-				mod->tracepoints_ptrs + mod->num_tracepoints);
+			for_each_tracepoint_range(mod->tracepoints_ptrs,
+				mod->tracepoints_ptrs + mod->num_tracepoints,
+				tp_module_going_check_quiescent, NULL);
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -503,19 +520,6 @@ static __init int init_tracepoints(void)
 __initcall(init_tracepoints);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
-static void for_each_tracepoint_range(struct tracepoint * const *begin,
-		struct tracepoint * const *end,
-		void (*fct)(struct tracepoint *tp, void *priv),
-		void *priv)
-{
-	struct tracepoint * const *iter;
-
-	if (!begin)
-		return;
-	for (iter = begin; iter < end; iter++)
-		fct(*iter, priv);
-}
-
 /**
  * for_each_kernel_tracepoint - iteration on all kernel tracepoints
  * @fct: callback
-- 
2.11.0




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