linux-toradex.git/kernel/trace/trace.c, branch v3.2.48 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules tracing: Check return value of tracing_init_dentry() 2013-05-13T14:02:17+00:00 Namhyung Kim namhyung.kim@lge.com 2013-04-10T00:18:12+00:00 1b136c71e8858b068b7813fed270eb4668a217ca commit ed6f1c996bfe4b6e520cf7a74b51cd6988d84420 upstream. Check return value and bail out if it's NULL. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1365553093-10180-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit ed6f1c996bfe4b6e520cf7a74b51cd6988d84420 upstream.

Check return value and bail out if it's NULL.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1365553093-10180-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
tracing: Fix ftrace_dump() 2013-05-13T14:02:11+00:00 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) rostedt@goodmis.org 2013-03-15T17:10:35+00:00 7462e0e257f20734786b2c04b6465ae23d565bd6 commit 7fe70b579c9e3daba71635e31b6189394e7b79d3 upstream. ftrace_dump() had a lot of issues. What ftrace_dump() does, is when ftrace_dump_on_oops is set (via a kernel parameter or sysctl), it will dump out the ftrace buffers to the console when either a oops, panic, or a sysrq-z occurs. This was written a long time ago when ftrace was fragile to recursion. But it wasn't written well even for that. There's a possible deadlock that can occur if a ftrace_dump() is happening and an NMI triggers another dump. This is because it grabs a lock before checking if the dump ran. It also totally disables ftrace, and tracing for no good reasons. As the ring_buffer now checks if it is read via a oops or NMI, where there's a chance that the buffer gets corrupted, it will disable itself. No need to have ftrace_dump() do the same. ftrace_dump() is now cleaned up where it uses an atomic counter to make sure only one dump happens at a time. A simple atomic_inc_return() is enough that is needed for both other CPUs and NMIs. No need for a spinlock, as if one CPU is running the dump, no other CPU needs to do it too. The tracing_on variable is turned off and not turned on. The original code did this, but it wasn't pretty. By just disabling this variable we get the result of not seeing traces that happen between crashes. For sysrq-z, it doesn't get turned on, but the user can always write a '1' to the tracing_on file. If they are using sysrq-z, then they should know about tracing_on. The new code is much easier to read and less error prone. No more deadlock possibility when an NMI triggers here. Reported-by: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@huawei.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> 
commit 7fe70b579c9e3daba71635e31b6189394e7b79d3 upstream.

ftrace_dump() had a lot of issues. What ftrace_dump() does, is when
ftrace_dump_on_oops is set (via a kernel parameter or sysctl), it
will dump out the ftrace buffers to the console when either a oops,
panic, or a sysrq-z occurs.

This was written a long time ago when ftrace was fragile to recursion.
But it wasn't written well even for that.

There's a possible deadlock that can occur if a ftrace_dump() is happening
and an NMI triggers another dump. This is because it grabs a lock
before checking if the dump ran.

It also totally disables ftrace, and tracing for no good reasons.

As the ring_buffer now checks if it is read via a oops or NMI, where
there's a chance that the buffer gets corrupted, it will disable
itself. No need to have ftrace_dump() do the same.

ftrace_dump() is now cleaned up where it uses an atomic counter to
make sure only one dump happens at a time. A simple atomic_inc_return()
is enough that is needed for both other CPUs and NMIs. No need for
a spinlock, as if one CPU is running the dump, no other CPU needs
to do it too.

The tracing_on variable is turned off and not turned on. The original
code did this, but it wasn't pretty. By just disabling this variable
we get the result of not seeing traces that happen between crashes.

For sysrq-z, it doesn't get turned on, but the user can always write
a '1' to the tracing_on file. If they are using sysrq-z, then they should
know about tracing_on.

The new code is much easier to read and less error prone. No more
deadlock possibility when an NMI triggers here.

Reported-by: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@huawei.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
tracing: Prevent buffer overwrite disabled for latency tracers 2013-03-27T02:41:15+00:00 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) rostedt@goodmis.org 2013-03-14T19:03:53+00:00 fb0d99792a8d27365da1ebd0b4fd1533a3052629 commit 613f04a0f51e6e68ac6fe571ab79da3c0a5eb4da upstream. The latency tracers require the buffers to be in overwrite mode, otherwise they get screwed up. Force the buffers to stay in overwrite mode when latency tracers are enabled. Added a flag_changed() method to the tracer structure to allow the tracers to see what flags are being changed, and also be able to prevent the change from happing. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: - Adjust context - Drop some changes that are not needed because trace_set_options() is not separate from tracing_trace_options_write()] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 613f04a0f51e6e68ac6fe571ab79da3c0a5eb4da upstream.

The latency tracers require the buffers to be in overwrite mode,
otherwise they get screwed up. Force the buffers to stay in overwrite
mode when latency tracers are enabled.

Added a flag_changed() method to the tracer structure to allow
the tracers to see what flags are being changed, and also be able
to prevent the change from happing.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2:
 - Adjust context
 - Drop some changes that are not needed because trace_set_options() is not
   separate from tracing_trace_options_write()]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
tracing: Keep overwrite in sync between regular and snapshot buffers 2013-03-27T02:41:14+00:00 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) rostedt@goodmis.org 2013-03-14T18:20:54+00:00 ae02f16fd87c84716699065ba9b0e1cafcb17f6e commit 80902822658aab18330569587cdb69ac1dfdcea8 upstream. Changing the overwrite mode for the ring buffer via the trace option only sets the normal buffer. But the snapshot buffer could swap with it, and then the snapshot would be in non overwrite mode and the normal buffer would be in overwrite mode, even though the option flag states otherwise. Keep the two buffers overwrite modes in sync. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 80902822658aab18330569587cdb69ac1dfdcea8 upstream.

Changing the overwrite mode for the ring buffer via the trace
option only sets the normal buffer. But the snapshot buffer could
swap with it, and then the snapshot would be in non overwrite mode
and the normal buffer would be in overwrite mode, even though the
option flag states otherwise.

Keep the two buffers overwrite modes in sync.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
tracing: Protect tracer flags with trace_types_lock 2013-03-27T02:41:14+00:00 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) rostedt@goodmis.org 2013-03-14T17:50:56+00:00 06eec6023ca72dbb5c5e3732feb2947ef699d1f5 commit 69d34da2984c95b33ea21518227e1f9470f11d95 upstream. Seems that the tracer flags have never been protected from synchronous writes. Luckily, admins don't usually modify the tracing flags via two different tasks. But if scripts were to be used to modify them, then they could get corrupted. Move the trace_types_lock that protects against tracers changing to also protect the flags being set. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: also move failure return in tracing_trace_options_write() after unlocking] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 69d34da2984c95b33ea21518227e1f9470f11d95 upstream.

Seems that the tracer flags have never been protected from
synchronous writes. Luckily, admins don't usually modify the
tracing flags via two different tasks. But if scripts were to
be used to modify them, then they could get corrupted.

Move the trace_types_lock that protects against tracers changing
to also protect the flags being set.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: also move failure return in
 tracing_trace_options_write() after unlocking]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
tracing: Fix race in snapshot swapping 2013-03-27T02:41:12+00:00 Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) rostedt@goodmis.org 2013-03-12T15:32:32+00:00 e28575118a7e1fe813363bbbc362d52eb64b4d4c commit 2721e72dd10f71a3ba90f59781becf02638aa0d9 upstream. Although the swap is wrapped with a spin_lock, the assignment of the temp buffer used to swap is not within that lock. It needs to be moved into that lock, otherwise two swaps happening on two different CPUs, can end up using the wrong temp buffer to assign in the swap. Luckily, all current callers of the swap function appear to have their own locks. But in case something is added that allows two different callers to call the swap, then there's a chance that this race can trigger and corrupt the buffers. New code is coming soon that will allow for this race to trigger. I've Cc'd stable, so this bug will not show up if someone backports one of the changes that can trigger this bug. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 2721e72dd10f71a3ba90f59781becf02638aa0d9 upstream.

Although the swap is wrapped with a spin_lock, the assignment
of the temp buffer used to swap is not within that lock.
It needs to be moved into that lock, otherwise two swaps
happening on two different CPUs, can end up using the wrong
temp buffer to assign in the swap.

Luckily, all current callers of the swap function appear to have
their own locks. But in case something is added that allows two
different callers to call the swap, then there's a chance that
this race can trigger and corrupt the buffers.

New code is coming soon that will allow for this race to trigger.

I've Cc'd stable, so this bug will not show up if someone backports
one of the changes that can trigger this bug.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
tracing: change CPU ring buffer state from tracing_cpumask 2012-07-12T03:32:09+00:00 Vaibhav Nagarnaik vnagarnaik@google.com 2012-05-04T01:59:52+00:00 907e461a4f50ca31c36575b03c14d2c07ba20df0 commit 71babb2705e2203a64c27ede13ae3508a0d2c16c upstream. According to Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt: tracing_cpumask: This is a mask that lets the user only trace on specified CPUS. The format is a hex string representing the CPUS. The tracing_cpumask currently doesn't affect the tracing state of per-CPU ring buffers. This patch enables/disables CPU recording as its corresponding bit in tracing_cpumask is set/unset. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1336096792-25373-3-git-send-email-vnagarnaik@google.com Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Laurent Chavey <chavey@google.com> Cc: Justin Teravest <teravest@google.com> Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com> Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 71babb2705e2203a64c27ede13ae3508a0d2c16c upstream.

According to Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt:

tracing_cpumask:

        This is a mask that lets the user only trace
        on specified CPUS. The format is a hex string
        representing the CPUS.

The tracing_cpumask currently doesn't affect the tracing state of
per-CPU ring buffers.

This patch enables/disables CPU recording as its corresponding bit in
tracing_cpumask is set/unset.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1336096792-25373-3-git-send-email-vnagarnaik@google.com

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Laurent Chavey <chavey@google.com>
Cc: Justin Teravest <teravest@google.com>
Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses 2012-07-12T03:31:59+00:00 Eric Dumazet edumazet@google.com 2012-06-12T13:24:40+00:00 9558b2ab1db5e94fcb7d5ab111a32e423a016c09 commit 047fe3605235888f3ebcda0c728cb31937eadfe6 upstream. Dave Jones reported a kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:3474! triggered by splice_shrink_spd() called from vmsplice_to_pipe() commit 35f3d14dbbc5 (pipe: add support for shrinking and growing pipes) added capability to adjust pipe->buffers. Problem is some paths don't hold pipe mutex and assume pipe->buffers doesn't change for their duration. Fix this by adding nr_pages_max field in struct splice_pipe_desc, and use it in place of pipe->buffers where appropriate. splice_shrink_spd() loses its struct pipe_inode_info argument. Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Tested-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: - Adjust context in vmsplice_to_pipe() - Update one more call to splice_shrink_spd(), from skb_splice_bits()] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> 
commit 047fe3605235888f3ebcda0c728cb31937eadfe6 upstream.

Dave Jones reported a kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:3474! triggered
by splice_shrink_spd() called from vmsplice_to_pipe()

commit 35f3d14dbbc5 (pipe: add support for shrinking and growing pipes)
added capability to adjust pipe->buffers.

Problem is some paths don't hold pipe mutex and assume pipe->buffers
doesn't change for their duration.

Fix this by adding nr_pages_max field in struct splice_pipe_desc, and
use it in place of pipe->buffers where appropriate.

splice_shrink_spd() loses its struct pipe_inode_info argument.

Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com>
Tested-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2:
 - Adjust context in vmsplice_to_pipe()
 - Update one more call to splice_shrink_spd(), from skb_splice_bits()]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
tracing: Fix ent_size in trace output 2012-04-13T15:33:47+00:00 Steven Rostedt srostedt@redhat.com 2012-03-27T14:43:28+00:00 7be29c2aabb07d7964600f2ffda281a349642efe commit 12b5da349a8b94c9dbc3430a6bc42eabd9eaf50b upstream. When reading the trace file, the records of each of the per_cpu buffers are examined to find the next event to print out. At the point of looking at the event, the size of the event is recorded. But if the first event is chosen, the other events in the other CPU buffers will reset the event size that is stored in the iterator descriptor, causing the event size passed to the output functions to be incorrect. In most cases this is not a problem, but for the case of stack traces, it is. With the change to the stack tracing to record a dynamic number of back traces, the output depends on the size of the entry instead of the fixed 8 back traces. When the entry size is not correct, the back traces would not be fully printed. Note, reading from the per-cpu trace files were not affected. Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit 12b5da349a8b94c9dbc3430a6bc42eabd9eaf50b upstream.

When reading the trace file, the records of each of the per_cpu buffers
are examined to find the next event to print out. At the point of looking
at the event, the size of the event is recorded. But if the first event is
chosen, the other events in the other CPU buffers will reset the event size
that is stored in the iterator descriptor, causing the event size passed to
the output functions to be incorrect.

In most cases this is not a problem, but for the case of stack traces, it
is. With the change to the stack tracing to record a dynamic number of
back traces, the output depends on the size of the entry instead of the
fixed 8 back traces. When the entry size is not correct, the back traces
would not be fully printed.

Note, reading from the per-cpu trace files were not affected.

Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2011-10-26T15:03:38+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-10-26T15:03:38+00:00 7115e3fcf45514db7525a05365b10454ff7f345e * 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (121 commits) perf symbols: Increase symbol KSYM_NAME_LEN size perf hists browser: Refuse 'a' hotkey on non symbolic views perf ui browser: Use libslang to read keys perf tools: Fix tracing info recording perf hists browser: Elide DSO column when it is set to just one DSO, ditto for threads perf hists: Don't consider filtered entries when calculating column widths perf hists: Don't decay total_period for filtered entries perf hists browser: Honour symbol_conf.show_{nr_samples,total_period} perf hists browser: Do not exit on tab key with single event perf annotate browser: Don't change selection line when returning from callq perf tools: handle endianness of feature bitmap perf tools: Add prelink suggestion to dso update message perf script: Fix unknown feature comment perf hists browser: Apply the dso and thread filters when merging new batches perf hists: Move the dso and thread filters from hist_browser perf ui browser: Honour the xterm colors perf top tui: Give color hints just on the percentage, like on --stdio perf ui browser: Make the colors configurable and change the defaults perf tui: Remove unneeded call to newtCls on startup perf hists: Don't format the percentage on hist_entry__snprintf ... Fix up conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c manually. Ingo's tree did the insane "add volatile to const array", which just doesn't make sense ("volatile const"?). But we could remove the const *and* make the array volatile to make doubly sure that gcc doesn't optimize it away.. Also fix up kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c non-data-conflicts manually: the reader_lock has been turned into a raw lock by the core locking merge, and there was a new user of it introduced in this perf core merge. Make sure that new use also uses the raw accessor functions. 
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (121 commits)
  perf symbols: Increase symbol KSYM_NAME_LEN size
  perf hists browser: Refuse 'a' hotkey on non symbolic views
  perf ui browser: Use libslang to read keys
  perf tools: Fix tracing info recording
  perf hists browser: Elide DSO column when it is set to just one DSO, ditto for threads
  perf hists: Don't consider filtered entries when calculating column widths
  perf hists: Don't decay total_period for filtered entries
  perf hists browser: Honour symbol_conf.show_{nr_samples,total_period}
  perf hists browser: Do not exit on tab key with single event
  perf annotate browser: Don't change selection line when returning from callq
  perf tools: handle endianness of feature bitmap
  perf tools: Add prelink suggestion to dso update message
  perf script: Fix unknown feature comment
  perf hists browser: Apply the dso and thread filters when merging new batches
  perf hists: Move the dso and thread filters from hist_browser
  perf ui browser: Honour the xterm colors
  perf top tui: Give color hints just on the percentage, like on --stdio
  perf ui browser: Make the colors configurable and change the defaults
  perf tui: Remove unneeded call to newtCls on startup
  perf hists: Don't format the percentage on hist_entry__snprintf
  ...

Fix up conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/kprobes.c manually.

Ingo's tree did the insane "add volatile to const array", which just
doesn't make sense ("volatile const"?).  But we could remove the const
*and* make the array volatile to make doubly sure that gcc doesn't
optimize it away..

Also fix up kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c non-data-conflicts manually: the
reader_lock has been turned into a raw lock by the core locking merge,
and there was a new user of it introduced in this perf core merge.  Make
sure that new use also uses the raw accessor functions.