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<title>Linux Kernel Markers: support multiple probes</title>
<updated>2008-02-14T00:21:20+00:00</updated>
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<name>Mathieu Desnoyers</name>
<email>mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca</email>
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<published>2008-02-13T23:03:37+00:00</published>
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RCU style multiple probes support for the Linux Kernel Markers.  Common case
(one probe) is still fast and does not require dynamic allocation or a
supplementary pointer dereference on the fast path.

- Move preempt disable from the marker site to the callback.

Since we now have an internal callback, move the preempt disable/enable to the
callback instead of the marker site.

Since the callback change is done asynchronously (passing from a handler that
supports arguments to a handler that does not setup the arguments is no
arguments are passed), we can safely update it even if it is outside the
preempt disable section.

- Move probe arm to probe connection. Now, a connected probe is automatically
  armed.

Remove MARK_MAX_FORMAT_LEN, unused.

This patch modifies the Linux Kernel Markers API : it removes the probe
"arm/disarm" and changes the probe function prototype : it now expects a
va_list * instead of a "...".

If we want to have more than one probe connected to a marker at a given
time (LTTng, or blktrace, ssytemtap) then we need this patch. Without it,
connecting a second probe handler to a marker will fail.

It allow us, for instance, to do interesting combinations :

Do standard tracing with LTTng and, eventually, to compute statistics
with SystemTAP, or to have a special trigger on an event that would call
a systemtap script which would stop flight recorder tracing.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Mike Mason &lt;mmlnx@us.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Dipankar Sarma &lt;dipankar@in.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: David Smith &lt;dsmith@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" &lt;paulmck@us.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: "Frank Ch. Eigler" &lt;fche@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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RCU style multiple probes support for the Linux Kernel Markers.  Common case
(one probe) is still fast and does not require dynamic allocation or a
supplementary pointer dereference on the fast path.

- Move preempt disable from the marker site to the callback.

Since we now have an internal callback, move the preempt disable/enable to the
callback instead of the marker site.

Since the callback change is done asynchronously (passing from a handler that
supports arguments to a handler that does not setup the arguments is no
arguments are passed), we can safely update it even if it is outside the
preempt disable section.

- Move probe arm to probe connection. Now, a connected probe is automatically
  armed.

Remove MARK_MAX_FORMAT_LEN, unused.

This patch modifies the Linux Kernel Markers API : it removes the probe
"arm/disarm" and changes the probe function prototype : it now expects a
va_list * instead of a "...".

If we want to have more than one probe connected to a marker at a given
time (LTTng, or blktrace, ssytemtap) then we need this patch. Without it,
connecting a second probe handler to a marker will fail.

It allow us, for instance, to do interesting combinations :

Do standard tracing with LTTng and, eventually, to compute statistics
with SystemTAP, or to have a special trigger on an event that would call
a systemtap script which would stop flight recorder tracing.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Mike Mason &lt;mmlnx@us.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Dipankar Sarma &lt;dipankar@in.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: David Smith &lt;dsmith@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" &lt;paulmck@us.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: "Frank Ch. Eigler" &lt;fche@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<title>Linux Kernel Markers: fix marker mutex not taken upon module load</title>
<updated>2007-11-15T02:45:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mathieu Desnoyers</name>
<email>mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca</email>
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<published>2007-11-15T00:59:48+00:00</published>
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Upon module load, we must take the markers mutex.  It implies that the marker
mutex must be nested inside the module mutex.

It implies changing the nesting order : now the marker mutex nests inside the
module mutex.  Make the necessary changes to reverse the order in which the
mutexes are taken.

Includes some cleanup from Dave Hansen &lt;haveblue@us.ibm.com&gt;.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Upon module load, we must take the markers mutex.  It implies that the marker
mutex must be nested inside the module mutex.

It implies changing the nesting order : now the marker mutex nests inside the
module mutex.  Make the necessary changes to reverse the order in which the
mutexes are taken.

Includes some cleanup from Dave Hansen &lt;haveblue@us.ibm.com&gt;.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<title>Linux Kernel Markers</title>
<updated>2007-10-19T18:53:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mathieu Desnoyers</name>
<email>mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca</email>
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<published>2007-10-19T06:41:06+00:00</published>
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The marker activation functions sits in kernel/marker.c.  A hash table is used
to keep track of the registered probes and armed markers, so the markers
within a newly loaded module that should be active can be activated at module
load time.

marker_query has been removed. marker_get_first, marker_get_next and
marker_release should be used as iterators on the markers.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca&gt;
Acked-by: "Frank Ch. Eigler" &lt;fche@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Cc: Mike Mason &lt;mmlnx@us.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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The marker activation functions sits in kernel/marker.c.  A hash table is used
to keep track of the registered probes and armed markers, so the markers
within a newly loaded module that should be active can be activated at module
load time.

marker_query has been removed. marker_get_first, marker_get_next and
marker_release should be used as iterators on the markers.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers &lt;mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca&gt;
Acked-by: "Frank Ch. Eigler" &lt;fche@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Cc: Mike Mason &lt;mmlnx@us.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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