linux/kernel/trace/trace_events.c, branch v3.11

tracing: Add comment to describe special break case in probe_remove_event_call()

2013-07-31T17:16:22Z

The "break" used in the do_for_each_event_file() is used as an optimization as the loop is really a double loop. The loop searches all event files for each trace_array. There's only one matching event file per trace_array and after we find the event file for the trace_array, the break is used to jump to the next trace_array and start the search there. As this is not a standard way of using "break" in C code, it requires a comment right before the break to let people know what is going on. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: trace_remove_event_call() should fail if call/file is in use

2013-07-31T17:12:48Z

Change trace_remove_event_call(call) to return the error if this call is active. This is what the callers assume but can't verify outside of the tracing locks. Both trace_kprobe.c/trace_uprobe.c need the additional changes, unregister_trace_probe() should abort if trace_remove_event_call() fails. The caller is going to free this call/file so we must ensure that nobody can use them after trace_remove_event_call() succeeds. debugfs should be fine after the previous changes and event_remove() does TRACE_REG_UNREGISTER, but still there are 2 reasons why we need the additional checks: - There could be a perf_event(s) attached to this tp_event, so the patch checks ->perf_refcount. - TRACE_REG_UNREGISTER can be suppressed by FTRACE_EVENT_FL_SOFT_MODE, so we simply check FTRACE_EVENT_FL_ENABLED protected by event_mutex. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130729175033.GB26284@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Change remove_event_file_dir() to clear "d_subdirs"->i_private

2013-07-30T02:57:11Z

Change remove_event_file_dir() to clear ->i_private for every file we are going to remove. We need to check file->dir != NULL because event_create_dir() can fail. debugfs_remove_recursive(NULL) is fine but the patch moves it under the same check anyway for readability. spin_lock(d_lock) and "d_inode != NULL" check are not needed afaics, but I do not understand this code enough. tracing_open_generic_file() and tracing_release_generic_file() can go away, ftrace_enable_fops and ftrace_event_filter_fops() use tracing_open_generic() but only to check tracing_disabled. This fixes all races with event_remove() or instance_delete(). f_op->read/write/whatever can never use the freed file/call, all event/* files were changed to check and use ->i_private under event_mutex. Note: this doesn't not fix other problems, event_remove() can destroy the active ftrace_event_call, we need more changes but those changes are completely orthogonal. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130728183527.GB16723@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Introduce remove_event_file_dir()

2013-07-30T02:57:10Z

Preparation for the next patch. Extract the common code from remove_event_from_tracers() and __trace_remove_event_dirs() into the new helper, remove_event_file_dir(). The patch looks more complicated than it actually is, it also moves remove_subsystem() up to avoid the forward declaration. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130726172547.GA3629@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Change f_start() to take event_mutex and verify i_private != NULL

2013-07-30T02:57:10Z

trace_format_open() and trace_format_seq_ops are racy, nothing protects ftrace_event_call from trace_remove_event_call(). Change f_start() to take event_mutex and verify i_private != NULL, change f_stop() to drop this lock. This fixes nothing, but now we can change debugfs_remove("format") callers to nullify ->i_private and fix the the problem. Note: the usage of event_mutex is sub-optimal but simple, we can change this later. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130726172543.GA3622@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Change event_filter_read/write to verify i_private != NULL

2013-07-30T02:56:59Z

event_filter_read/write() are racy, ftrace_event_call can be already freed by trace_remove_event_call() callers. 1. Shift mutex_lock(event_mutex) from print/apply_event_filter to the callers. 2. Change the callers, event_filter_read() and event_filter_write() to read i_private under this mutex and abort if it is NULL. This fixes nothing, but now we can change debugfs_remove("filter") callers to nullify ->i_private and fix the the problem. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130726172540.GA3619@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Change event_enable/disable_read() to verify i_private != NULL

2013-07-30T02:05:40Z

tracing_open_generic_file() is racy, ftrace_event_file can be already freed by rmdir or trace_remove_event_call(). Change event_enable_read() and event_disable_read() to read and verify "file = i_private" under event_mutex. This fixes nothing, but now we can change debugfs_remove("enable") callers to nullify ->i_private and fix the the problem. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130726172536.GA3612@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Turn event/id->i_private into call->event.type

2013-07-30T02:04:30Z

event_id_read() is racy, ftrace_event_call can be already freed by trace_remove_event_call() callers. Change event_create_dir() to pass "data = call->event.type", this is all event_id_read() needs. ftrace_event_id_fops no longer needs tracing_open_generic(). We add the new helper, event_file_data(), to read ->i_private, it will have more users. Note: currently ACCESS_ONCE() and "id != 0" check are not needed, but we are going to change event_remove/rmdir to clear ->i_private. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130726172532.GA3605@redhat.com Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Do not (ab)use trace_seq in event_id_read()

2013-07-19T01:31:33Z

event_id_read() has no reason to kmalloc "struct trace_seq" (more than PAGE_SIZE!), it can use a small buffer instead. Note: "if (*ppos) return 0" looks strange and even wrong, simple_read_from_buffer() handles ppos != 0 case corrrectly. And it seems that almost every user of trace_seq in this file should be converted too. Unless you use seq_open(), trace_seq buys nothing compared to the raw buffer, but it needs a bit more memory and code. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130718184712.GA4786@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Simplify the iteration logic in f_start/f_next

2013-07-19T01:31:32Z

f_next() looks overcomplicated, and it is not strictly correct even if this doesn't matter. Say, FORMAT_FIELD_SEPERATOR should not return NULL (means EOF) if trace_get_fields() returns an empty list, we should simply advance to FORMAT_PRINTFMT as we do when we find the end of list. 1. Change f_next() to return "struct list_head *" rather than "ftrace_event_field *", and change f_show() to do list_entry(). This simplifies the code a bit, only f_show() needs to know about ftrace_event_field, and f_next() can play with ->prev directly 2. Change f_next() to not play with ->prev / return inside the switch() statement. It can simply set node = head/common_head, the prev-or-advance-to-the-next-magic below does all work. While at it. f_start() looks overcomplicated too. I don't think *pos == 0 makes sense as a separate case, just change this code to do "while" instead of "do/while". The patch also moves f_start() down, close to f_stop(). This is purely cosmetic, just to make the locking added by the next patch more clear/visible. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130718184710.GA4783@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt