[PATCH v2 01/10] ftrace: Replace uses of _ftrace_direct APIs with _ftrace_direct_multi

Florent Revest revest at chromium.org
Thu Mar 16 08:40:38 PDT 2023


On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 12:33 AM Steven Rostedt <rostedt at goodmis.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue,  7 Feb 2023 19:21:26 +0100
> Florent Revest <revest at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> > The _multi API requires that users keep their own ops but can enforce
> > that an op is only associated to one direct call.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Florent Revest <revest at chromium.org>
> > Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> > Tested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> > ---
> >  kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c         | 11 +++++++----
> >  samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-modify.c | 12 ++++++++----
> >  samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-too.c    | 12 +++++++-----
> >  samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct.c        | 12 +++++++-----
> >  4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
> > index ff0536cea968..57221f69a33b 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
> > @@ -806,6 +806,9 @@ trace_selftest_startup_function_graph(struct tracer *trace,
> >       int ret;
> >       unsigned long count;
> >       char *func_name __maybe_unused;
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS
> > +     struct ftrace_ops direct = {};
>
> Make this static to the file and move it above to where there's already an
> #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS block.
>
> Less #ifdef is better, and also, I don't like having as an example an
> ftrace_ops structure allocated on the stack. It can become increasingly
> larger as time goes by. I don't want to encourage placing it on stacks.

Agreed.

> > +#endif
> >
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
> >       if (ftrace_filter_param) {
> > @@ -870,8 +873,8 @@ trace_selftest_startup_function_graph(struct tracer *trace,
> >        * Register direct function together with graph tracer
> >        * and make sure we get graph trace.
> >        */
> > -     ret = register_ftrace_direct((unsigned long) DYN_FTRACE_TEST_NAME,
> > -                                  (unsigned long) trace_direct_tramp);
> > +     ftrace_set_filter_ip(&direct, (unsigned long)DYN_FTRACE_TEST_NAME, 0, 0);
> > +     ret = register_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct, (unsigned long)trace_direct_tramp);
> >       if (ret)
> >               goto out;
>
> I had to rebase this code on top of the latest tree because of updates.
> Which is good, because this patch requires those same. When using
> ftrace_set_filter_ip() one needs to call
>
>    ftrace_free_filter(&direct);
>
> Because the ftrace_set_filter_ip() allocates hashs on the ftrace_ops and
> those need to be freed.

Ah yes, good catch.

>
> >
> > @@ -891,8 +894,8 @@ trace_selftest_startup_function_graph(struct tracer *trace,
> >
> >       unregister_ftrace_graph(&fgraph_ops);
> >
> > -     ret = unregister_ftrace_direct((unsigned long) DYN_FTRACE_TEST_NAME,
> > -                                    (unsigned long) trace_direct_tramp);
> > +     ret = unregister_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct,
> > +                                          (unsigned long) trace_direct_tramp);
> >       if (ret)
> >               goto out;
> >
> > diff --git a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-modify.c b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-modify.c
> > index de5a0f67f320..ecd76f75cb80 100644
> > --- a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-modify.c
> > +++ b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-modify.c
> > @@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ asm (
> >
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_S390 */
> >
> > +static struct ftrace_ops direct;
> > +
> >  static unsigned long my_tramp = (unsigned long)my_tramp1;
> >  static unsigned long tramps[2] = {
> >       (unsigned long)my_tramp1,
> > @@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ static int simple_thread(void *arg)
> >               if (ret)
> >                       continue;
> >               t ^= 1;
> > -             ret = modify_ftrace_direct(my_ip, my_tramp, tramps[t]);
> > +             ret = modify_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct, tramps[t]);
> >               if (!ret)
> >                       my_tramp = tramps[t];
> >               WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
> > @@ -129,7 +131,9 @@ static int __init ftrace_direct_init(void)
> >  {
> >       int ret;
> >
> > -     ret = register_ftrace_direct(my_ip, my_tramp);
> > +     ftrace_set_filter_ip(&direct, (unsigned long) my_ip, 0, 0);
> > +     ret = register_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct, my_tramp);
> > +
> >       if (!ret)
> >               simple_tsk = kthread_run(simple_thread, NULL, "event-sample-fn");
> >       return ret;
> > @@ -138,12 +142,12 @@ static int __init ftrace_direct_init(void)
> >  static void __exit ftrace_direct_exit(void)
> >  {
> >       kthread_stop(simple_tsk);
> > -     unregister_ftrace_direct(my_ip, my_tramp);
> > +     unregister_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct, my_tramp);
>
> Same here.
>
> >  }
> >
> >  module_init(ftrace_direct_init);
> >  module_exit(ftrace_direct_exit);
> >
> >  MODULE_AUTHOR("Steven Rostedt");
> > -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Example use case of using modify_ftrace_direct()");
> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Example use case of using modify_ftrace_direct_multi()");
> >  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > diff --git a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-too.c b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-too.c
> > index e13fb59a2b47..0e907092e2c0 100644
> > --- a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-too.c
> > +++ b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-too.c
> > @@ -70,21 +70,23 @@ asm (
> >
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_S390 */
> >
> > +static struct ftrace_ops direct;
> > +
> >  static int __init ftrace_direct_init(void)
> >  {
> > -     return register_ftrace_direct((unsigned long)handle_mm_fault,
> > -                                  (unsigned long)my_tramp);
> > +     ftrace_set_filter_ip(&direct, (unsigned long) handle_mm_fault, 0, 0);
> > +
> > +     return register_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct, (unsigned long) my_tramp);
> >  }
> >
> >  static void __exit ftrace_direct_exit(void)
> >  {
> > -     unregister_ftrace_direct((unsigned long)handle_mm_fault,
> > -                              (unsigned long)my_tramp);
> > +     unregister_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct, (unsigned long)my_tramp);
>
> And here.
>
> >  }
> >
> >  module_init(ftrace_direct_init);
> >  module_exit(ftrace_direct_exit);
> >
> >  MODULE_AUTHOR("Steven Rostedt");
> > -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Another example use case of using register_ftrace_direct()");
> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Another example use case of using register_ftrace_direct_multi()");
> >  MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > diff --git a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct.c b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct.c
> > index 1f769d0db20f..e446c38f6b58 100644
> > --- a/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct.c
> > +++ b/samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct.c
> > @@ -63,21 +63,23 @@ asm (
> >
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_S390 */
> >
> > +static struct ftrace_ops direct;
> > +
> >  static int __init ftrace_direct_init(void)
> >  {
> > -     return register_ftrace_direct((unsigned long)wake_up_process,
> > -                                  (unsigned long)my_tramp);
> > +     ftrace_set_filter_ip(&direct, (unsigned long) wake_up_process, 0, 0);
> > +
> > +     return register_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct, (unsigned long) my_tramp);
> >  }
> >
> >  static void __exit ftrace_direct_exit(void)
> >  {
> > -     unregister_ftrace_direct((unsigned long)wake_up_process,
> > -                              (unsigned long)my_tramp);
> > +     unregister_ftrace_direct_multi(&direct, (unsigned long)my_tramp);
>
> And here.
>
> Maybe we could add a parameter to unregister_ftrace_direct_multi():
>
>   bool free_filters
>
> when set, it will call the ftrace_free_filter(), as it looks like there's a
> common code path here:
>
>         ftrace_set_filter_ip();
>         register_ftrace_direct_multi();
>         [..]
>         unregister_ftrace_direct_multi();
>         ftrace_free_filter();
>
> Add the option will save people from having to do that last step, and also
> remind people that the filters need to be freed.

I agree, it's otherwise quite easy to miss the ftrace_free_filter. :)
I'll add a patch introducing this "free_filters" arg in the new subset
series that I'll send you directly.



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