[PATCHv5 bpf-next 6/9] ftrace: Add update_ftrace_direct_mod function

[Jiri Olsa]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 10:19:42AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:13:59 +0100
> Jiri Olsa <jolsa at kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> > index 48dc0de5f2ce..95a38fb18ed7 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> > @@ -6489,6 +6489,78 @@ int update_ftrace_direct_del(struct ftrace_ops *ops, struct ftrace_hash *hash)
> >  	return err;
> >  }
> >  
> 
> Kerneldoc needed.

will add

> 
> > +int update_ftrace_direct_mod(struct ftrace_ops *ops, struct ftrace_hash *hash, bool do_direct_lock)
> > +{
> > +	struct ftrace_func_entry *entry, *tmp;
> > +	static struct ftrace_ops tmp_ops = {
> > +		.func		= ftrace_stub,
> > +		.flags		= FTRACE_OPS_FL_STUB,
> > +	};
> > +	struct ftrace_hash *orig_hash;
> > +	unsigned long size, i;
> > +	int err = -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	if (!hash_count(hash))
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	if (check_direct_multi(ops))
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	if (!(ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED))
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	if (direct_functions == EMPTY_HASH)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	if (do_direct_lock)
> > +		mutex_lock(&direct_mutex);
> 
> This optional taking of the direct_mutex lock needs some serious rationale
> and documentation.

it mirrors the use of modify_ftrace_direct/modify_ftrace_direct_nolock
when we do trampoline update from within ftrace_ops->ops_func callback

I'll add comments with more details

> 
> > +
> > +	orig_hash = ops->func_hash ? ops->func_hash->filter_hash : NULL;
> > +	if (!orig_hash)
> > +		goto unlock;
> > +
> > +	/* Enable the tmp_ops to have the same functions as the direct ops */
> > +	ftrace_ops_init(&tmp_ops);
> > +	tmp_ops.func_hash = ops->func_hash;
> > +
> > +	err = register_ftrace_function_nolock(&tmp_ops);
> > +	if (err)
> > +		goto unlock;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Call __ftrace_hash_update_ipmodify() here, so that we can call
> > +	 * ops->ops_func for the ops. This is needed because the above
> > +	 * register_ftrace_function_nolock() worked on tmp_ops.
> > +	 */
> > +	err = __ftrace_hash_update_ipmodify(ops, orig_hash, orig_hash, true);
> > +	if (err)
> > +		goto out;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Now the ftrace_ops_list_func() is called to do the direct callers.
> > +	 * We can safely change the direct functions attached to each entry.
> > +	 */
> > +	mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
> 
> I'm going to need some time staring at this code. It looks like it may be
> relying on some internals here.

ok, thanks

jirka