linux/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c, branch v3.9

tracing/syscalls: Allow archs to ignore tracing compat syscalls

2013-02-12T22:46:28Z

The tracing of ia32 compat system calls has been a bit of a pain as they use different system call numbers than the 64bit equivalents. I wrote a simple 'lls' program that lists files. I compiled it as a i686 ELF binary and ran it under a x86_64 box. This is the result: echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_on echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/syscalls/enable echo 1 > /debug/tracing/tracing_on ; ./lls ; echo 0 > /debug/tracing/tracing_on grep lls /debug/tracing/trace [.. skipping calls before TS_COMPAT is set ...] lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409188: sys_recvfrom(fd: 0, ubuf: 4d560fc4, size: 0, flags: 8048034, addr: 8, addr_len: f7700420) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409190: sys_recvfrom -> 0x8a77000 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409211: sys_lgetxattr(pathname: 0, name: 1000, value: 3, size: 22) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409215: sys_lgetxattr -> 0xf76ff000 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409223: sys_dup2(oldfd: 4d55ae9b, newfd: 4) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409228: sys_dup2 -> 0xfffffffffffffffe lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409236: sys_newfstat(fd: 4d55b085, statbuf: 80000) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409242: sys_newfstat -> 0x3 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409243: sys_removexattr(pathname: 3, name: ffcd0060) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409244: sys_removexattr -> 0x0 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409245: sys_lgetxattr(pathname: 0, name: 19614, value: 1, size: 2) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409248: sys_lgetxattr -> 0xf76e5000 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409248: sys_newlstat(filename: 3, statbuf: 19614) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409249: sys_newlstat -> 0x0 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409262: sys_newfstat(fd: f76fb588, statbuf: 80000) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409279: sys_newfstat -> 0x3 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.409279: sys_close(fd: 3) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.421550: sys_close -> 0x200 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.421558: sys_removexattr(pathname: 3, name: ffcd00d0) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.421560: sys_removexattr -> 0x0 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.421569: sys_lgetxattr(pathname: 4d564000, name: 1b1abc, value: 5, size: 802) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.421574: sys_lgetxattr -> 0x4d564000 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.421575: sys_capget(header: 4d70f000, dataptr: 1000) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.421580: sys_capget -> 0x0 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.421580: sys_lgetxattr(pathname: 4d710000, name: 3000, value: 3, size: 812) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.421589: sys_lgetxattr -> 0x4d710000 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.426130: sys_lgetxattr(pathname: 4d713000, name: 2abc, value: 3, size: 32) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.426141: sys_lgetxattr -> 0x4d713000 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.426145: sys_newlstat(filename: 3, statbuf: f76ff3f0) lls-1127 [005] d... 936.426146: sys_newlstat -> 0x0 lls-1127 [005] d... 936.431748: sys_lgetxattr(pathname: 0, name: 1000, value: 3, size: 22) Obviously I'm not calling newfstat with a fd of 4d55b085. The calls are obviously incorrect, and confusing. Other efforts have been made to fix this: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/26/367 But the real solution is to rewrite the syscall internals and come up with a fixed solution. One that doesn't require all the kluge that the current solution has. Thus for now, instead of outputting incorrect data, simply ignore them. With this patch the changes now have: #> grep lls /debug/tracing/trace #> Compat system calls simply are not traced. If users need compat syscalls, then they should just use the raw syscall tracepoints. For an architecture to make their compat syscalls ignored, it must define ARCH_TRACE_IGNORE_COMPAT_SYSCALLS (done in asm/ftrace.h) and also define an arch_trace_is_compat_syscall() function that will return true if the current task should ignore tracing the syscall. I want to stress that this change does not affect actual syscalls in any way, shape or form. It is only used within the tracing system and doesn't interfere with the syscall logic at all. The changes are consolidated nicely into trace_syscalls.c and asm/ftrace.h. I had to make one small modification to asm/thread_info.h and that was to remove the include of asm/ftrace.h. As asm/ftrace.h required the current_thread_info() it was causing include hell. That include was added back in 2008 when the function graph tracer was added: commit caf4b323 "tracing, x86: add low level support for ftrace return tracing" It does not need to be included there. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1360703939.21867.99.camel@gandalf.local.home Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing/syscalls: Make local functions static

2013-01-21T18:22:31Z

Some functions in the syscall tracing is used only locally to the file, but they are labeled global. Convert them to static functions. Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: Cleanup unnecessary function declarations

2012-10-31T20:45:34Z

The functions defined in include/trace/syscalls.h are not used directly since struct ftrace_event_class was introduced. Remove them from the header file and rearrange the ftrace_event_class declarations in trace_syscalls.c. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1339112785-21806-2-git-send-email-vnagarnaik@google.com Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

trace: Move trace event enable from fs_initcall to core_initcall

2012-09-24T18:13:02Z

This patch splits trace event initialization in two stages: * ftrace enable * sysfs event entry creation This allows to capture trace events from an earlier point by using 'trace_event' kernel parameter and is important to trace boot-up allocations. Note that, in order to enable events at core_initcall, it's necessary to move init_ftrace_syscalls() from core_initcall to early_initcall. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1347461277-25302-1-git-send-email-elezegarcia@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing/syscalls: Fix perf syscall tracing when syscall_nr == -1

2012-08-17T19:19:46Z

syscall_get_nr can return -1 in the case that the task is not executing a system call. This patch fixes perf_syscall_{enter,exit} to check that the syscall number is valid before using it as an index into a bitmap. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1345137254-7377-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com Cc: Jason Baron Cc: Wade Farnsworth Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

perf/trace: Add ability to set a target task for events

2012-07-31T15:02:05Z

A few events are interesting not only for a current task. For example, sched_stat_* events are interesting for a task which wakes up. For this reason, it will be good if such events will be delivered to a target task too. Now a target task can be set by using __perf_task(). The original idea and a draft patch belongs to Peter Zijlstra. I need these events for profiling sleep times. sched_switch is used for getting callchains and sched_stat_* is used for getting time periods. These events are combined in user space, then it can be analyzed by perf tools. Inspired-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Arun Sharma Signed-off-by: Andrew Vagin Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1342016098-213063-1-git-send-email-avagin@openvz.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

ftrace, perf: Add add/del tracepoint perf registration actions

2012-02-21T16:08:25Z

Adding TRACE_REG_PERF_ADD and TRACE_REG_PERF_DEL to handle perf event schedule in/out actions. The add action is invoked for when the perf event is scheduled in, while the del action is invoked when the event is scheduled out. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-4-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace, perf: Add open/close tracepoint perf registration actions

2012-02-21T16:08:24Z

Adding TRACE_REG_PERF_OPEN and TRACE_REG_PERF_CLOSE to differentiate register/unregister from open/close actions. The register/unregister actions are invoked for the first/last tracepoint user when opening/closing the event. The open/close actions are invoked for each tracepoint user when opening/closing the event. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing/trivial: Use kcalloc instead of kzalloc to allocate array

2012-02-13T18:48:11Z

The advantage of kcalloc is, that will prevent integer overflows which could result from the multiplication of number of elements and size and it is also a bit nicer to read. The semantic patch that makes this change is available in https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/25/107 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1322600880.1534.347.camel@localhost.localdomain Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

kernel: Add to files using it implicitly

2011-10-31T13:20:12Z

These files are doing things like module_put and try_module_get so they need to call out the module.h for explicit inclusion, rather than getting it via which we ideally want to remove the module.h inclusion from. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker