linux/kernel/trace/trace.h, branch v5.10

ftrace: Handle tracing when switching between context

2020-11-02T13:52:18Z

When an interrupt or NMI comes in and switches the context, there's a delay from when the preempt_count() shows the update. As the preempt_count() is used to detect recursion having each context have its own bit get set when tracing starts, and if that bit is already set, it is considered a recursion and the function exits. But if this happens in that section where context has changed but preempt_count() has not been updated, this will be incorrectly flagged as a recursion. To handle this case, create another bit call TRANSITION and test it if the current context bit is already set. Flag the call as a recursion if the TRANSITION bit is already set, and if not, set it and continue. The TRANSITION bit will be cleared normally on the return of the function that set it, or if the current context bit is clear, set it and clear the TRANSITION bit to allow for another transition between the current context and an even higher one. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: edc15cafcbfa3 ("tracing: Avoid unnecessary multiple recursion checks") Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

ftrace: Fix recursion check for NMI test

2020-11-02T13:52:18Z

The code that checks recursion will work to only do the recursion check once if there's nested checks. The top one will do the check, the other nested checks will see recursion was already checked and return zero for its "bit". On the return side, nothing will be done if the "bit" is zero. The problem is that zero is returned for the "good" bit when in NMI context. This will set the bit for NMIs making it look like *all* NMI tracing is recursing, and prevent tracing of anything in NMI context! The simple fix is to return "bit + 1" and subtract that bit on the end to get the real bit. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: edc15cafcbfa3 ("tracing: Avoid unnecessary multiple recursion checks") Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

treewide: Convert macro and uses of section(foo) to section("foo")

2020-10-25T21:51:49Z

Use a more generic form for __section that requires quotes to avoid complications with clang and gcc differences. Remove the quote operator # from compiler_attributes.h __section macro. Convert all unquoted __section(foo) uses to quoted __section("foo"). Also convert __attribute__((section("foo"))) uses to __section("foo") even if the __attribute__ has multiple list entry forms. Conversion done using the script at: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/75393e5ddc272dc7403de74d645e6c6e0f4e70eb.camel@perches.com/2-convert_section.pl Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tracing: Move is_good_name() from trace_probe.h to trace.h

2020-10-15T16:01:13Z

is_good_name() is useful for other trace infrastructure, such as synthetic events, so make it available via trace.h. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/cc6d6a2d7da6957fcbe1e2922e76d18d2bb459b4.1602598160.git.zanussi@kernel.org Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing: Fix some typos in comments

2020-10-15T16:01:13Z

s/wihin/within/ s/retrieven/retrieved/ s/suppport/support/ s/wil/will/ s/accidently/accidentally/ s/if the if the/if the/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201010140924.3809-1-hqjagain@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Qiujun Huang Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing/boot: Initialize per-instance event list in early boot

2020-09-25T19:36:03Z

Initialize per-instance event list in early boot time (before initializing instance directory on tracefs). This fixes boot-time tracing to correctly handle the boot-time per-instance settings. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160096560826.182763.17110991546046128881.stgit@devnote2 Fixes: 4114fbfd02f1 ("tracing: Enable creating new instance early boot") Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing: Enable creating new instance early boot

2020-09-22T01:06:04Z

Enable creating new trace_array instance in early boot stage. If the instances directory is not created, postpone it until the tracefs is initialized. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/159974154763.478751.6289753509587233103.stgit@devnote2 Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing: make tracing_init_dentry() returns an integer instead of a d_entry pointer

2020-09-19T02:17:14Z

Current tracing_init_dentry() return a d_entry pointer, while is not necessary. This function returns NULL on success or error on failure, which means there is no valid d_entry pointer return. Let's return 0 on success and negative value for error. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200712011036.70948-5-richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com Signed-off-by: Wei Yang Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

ftrace: Fix ftrace_trace_task return value

2020-08-03T20:12:31Z

I was attempting to use pid filtering with function_graph, but it wasn't allowing anything to make it through. Turns out ftrace_trace_task returns false if ftrace_ignore_pid is not-empty, which isn't correct anymore. We're now setting it to FTRACE_PID_IGNORE if we need to ignore that pid, otherwise it's set to the pid (which is weird considering the name) or to FTRACE_PID_TRACE. Fix the check to check for != FTRACE_PID_IGNORE. With this we can now use function_graph with pid filtering. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200725005048.1790-1-josef@toxicpanda.com Fixes: 717e3f5ebc82 ("ftrace: Make function trace pid filtering a bit more exact") Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

tracing: Move pipe reference to trace array instead of current_tracer

2020-06-30T18:29:33Z

If a process has the trace_pipe open on a trace_array, the current tracer for that trace array should not be changed. This was original enforced by a global lock, but when instances were introduced, it was moved to the current_trace. But this structure is shared by all instances, and a trace_pipe is for a single instance. There's no reason that a process that has trace_pipe open on one instance should prevent another instance from changing its current tracer. Move the reference counter to the trace_array instead. This is marked as "Fixes" but is more of a clean up than a true fix. Backport if you want, but its not critical. Fixes: cf6ab6d9143b1 ("tracing: Add ref count to tracer for when they are being read by pipe") Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)