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<title>linux-toradex.git/kernel/trace/trace.h, branch v5.12-rc7</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>tracing: Remove duplicate declaration from trace.h</title>
<updated>2021-03-04T14:44:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yordan Karadzhov (VMware)</name>
<email>y.karadz@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-04T09:23:48+00:00</published>
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A declaration of function "int trace_empty(struct trace_iterator *iter)"
shows up twice in the header file kernel/trace/trace.h

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210304092348.208033-1-y.karadz@gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Yordan Karadzhov (VMware) &lt;y.karadz@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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A declaration of function "int trace_empty(struct trace_iterator *iter)"
shows up twice in the header file kernel/trace/trace.h

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210304092348.208033-1-y.karadz@gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Yordan Karadzhov (VMware) &lt;y.karadz@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Add ptr-hash option to show the hashed pointer value</title>
<updated>2021-02-11T21:31:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-10-15T14:55:25+00:00</published>
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Add tracefs/options/hash-ptr option to show hashed pointer
value by %p in event printk format string.

For the security reason, normal printk will show the hashed
pointer value (encrypted by random number) with %p to printk
buffer to hide the real address. But the tracefs/trace always
shows real address for debug. To bridge those outputs, add an
option to switch the output format. Ftrace users can use it
to find the hashed value corresponding to the real address
in trace log.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160277372504.29307.14909828808982012211.stgit@devnote2

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Add tracefs/options/hash-ptr option to show hashed pointer
value by %p in event printk format string.

For the security reason, normal printk will show the hashed
pointer value (encrypted by random number) with %p to printk
buffer to hide the real address. But the tracefs/trace always
shows real address for debug. To bridge those outputs, add an
option to switch the output format. Ftrace users can use it
to find the hashed value corresponding to the real address
in trace log.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160277372504.29307.14909828808982012211.stgit@devnote2

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Show real address for trace event arguments</title>
<updated>2021-02-11T21:31:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-10-15T14:55:07+00:00</published>
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To help debugging kernel, show real address for trace event arguments
in tracefs/trace{,pipe} instead of hashed pointer value.

Since ftrace human-readable format uses vsprintf(), all %p are
translated to hash values instead of pointer address.

However, when debugging the kernel, raw address value gives a
hint when comparing with the memory mapping in the kernel.
(Those are sometimes used with crash log, which is not hashed too)
So converting %p with %px when calling trace_seq_printf().

Moreover, this is not improving the security because the tracefs
can be used only by root user and the raw address values are readable
from tracefs/percpu/cpu*/trace_pipe_raw file.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160277370703.29307.5134475491761971203.stgit@devnote2

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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To help debugging kernel, show real address for trace event arguments
in tracefs/trace{,pipe} instead of hashed pointer value.

Since ftrace human-readable format uses vsprintf(), all %p are
translated to hash values instead of pointer address.

However, when debugging the kernel, raw address value gives a
hint when comparing with the memory mapping in the kernel.
(Those are sometimes used with crash log, which is not hashed too)
So converting %p with %px when calling trace_seq_printf().

Moreover, this is not improving the security because the tracefs
can be used only by root user and the raw address values are readable
from tracefs/percpu/cpu*/trace_pipe_raw file.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160277370703.29307.5134475491761971203.stgit@devnote2

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing/dynevent: Delegate parsing to create function</title>
<updated>2021-02-09T17:52:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-02-01T19:48:11+00:00</published>
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Delegate command parsing to each create function so that the
command syntax can be customized.

This requires changes to the kprobe/uprobe/synthetic event handling,
which are also included here.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/e488726f49cbdbc01568618f8680584306c4c79f.1612208610.git.zanussi@kernel.org

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
[ zanussi@kernel.org: added synthetic event modifications ]
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Delegate command parsing to each create function so that the
command syntax can be customized.

This requires changes to the kprobe/uprobe/synthetic event handling,
which are also included here.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/e488726f49cbdbc01568618f8680584306c4c79f.1612208610.git.zanussi@kernel.org

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
[ zanussi@kernel.org: added synthetic event modifications ]
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi &lt;zanussi@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Inline tracing_gen_ctx_flags()</title>
<updated>2021-02-02T22:02:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sebastian Andrzej Siewior</name>
<email>bigeasy@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2021-01-25T19:45:09+00:00</published>
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Inline tracing_gen_ctx_flags(). This allows to have one ifdef
CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT.

This requires to move `trace_flag_type' so tracing_gen_ctx_flags() can
use it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210125194511.3924915-3-bigeasy@linutronix.de

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210125140323.6b1ff20c@gandalf.local.home
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Inline tracing_gen_ctx_flags(). This allows to have one ifdef
CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT.

This requires to move `trace_flag_type' so tracing_gen_ctx_flags() can
use it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210125194511.3924915-3-bigeasy@linutronix.de

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210125140323.6b1ff20c@gandalf.local.home
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tracing: Merge irqflags + preempt counter.</title>
<updated>2021-02-02T22:02:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sebastian Andrzej Siewior</name>
<email>bigeasy@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2021-01-25T19:45:08+00:00</published>
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The state of the interrupts (irqflags) and the preemption counter are
both passed down to tracing_generic_entry_update(). Only one bit of
irqflags is actually required: The on/off state. The complete 32bit
of the preemption counter isn't needed. Just whether of the upper bits
(softirq, hardirq and NMI) are set and the preemption depth is needed.

The irqflags and the preemption counter could be evaluated early and the
information stored in an integer `trace_ctx'.
tracing_generic_entry_update() would use the upper bits as the
TRACE_FLAG_* and the lower 8bit as the disabled-preemption depth
(considering that one must be substracted from the counter in one
special cases).

The actual preemption value is not used except for the tracing record.
The `irqflags' variable is mostly used only for the tracing record. An
exception here is for instance wakeup_tracer_call() or
probe_wakeup_sched_switch() which explicilty disable interrupts and use
that `irqflags' to save (and restore) the IRQ state and to record the
state.

Struct trace_event_buffer has also the `pc' and flags' members which can
be replaced with `trace_ctx' since their actual value is not used
outside of trace recording.

This will reduce tracing_generic_entry_update() to simply assign values
to struct trace_entry. The evaluation of the TRACE_FLAG_* bits is moved
to _tracing_gen_ctx_flags() which replaces preempt_count() and
local_save_flags() invocations.

As an example, ftrace_syscall_enter() may invoke:
- trace_buffer_lock_reserve() -&gt; … -&gt; tracing_generic_entry_update()
- event_trigger_unlock_commit()
  -&gt; ftrace_trace_stack() -&gt; … -&gt; tracing_generic_entry_update()
  -&gt; ftrace_trace_userstack() -&gt; … -&gt; tracing_generic_entry_update()

In this case the TRACE_FLAG_* bits were evaluated three times. By using
the `trace_ctx' they are evaluated once and assigned three times.

A build with all tracers enabled on x86-64 with and without the patch:

    text     data      bss      dec      hex    filename
21970669 17084168  7639260 46694097  2c87ed1 vmlinux.old
21970293 17084168  7639260 46693721  2c87d59 vmlinux.new

text shrank by 379 bytes, data remained constant.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210125194511.3924915-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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The state of the interrupts (irqflags) and the preemption counter are
both passed down to tracing_generic_entry_update(). Only one bit of
irqflags is actually required: The on/off state. The complete 32bit
of the preemption counter isn't needed. Just whether of the upper bits
(softirq, hardirq and NMI) are set and the preemption depth is needed.

The irqflags and the preemption counter could be evaluated early and the
information stored in an integer `trace_ctx'.
tracing_generic_entry_update() would use the upper bits as the
TRACE_FLAG_* and the lower 8bit as the disabled-preemption depth
(considering that one must be substracted from the counter in one
special cases).

The actual preemption value is not used except for the tracing record.
The `irqflags' variable is mostly used only for the tracing record. An
exception here is for instance wakeup_tracer_call() or
probe_wakeup_sched_switch() which explicilty disable interrupts and use
that `irqflags' to save (and restore) the IRQ state and to record the
state.

Struct trace_event_buffer has also the `pc' and flags' members which can
be replaced with `trace_ctx' since their actual value is not used
outside of trace recording.

This will reduce tracing_generic_entry_update() to simply assign values
to struct trace_entry. The evaluation of the TRACE_FLAG_* bits is moved
to _tracing_gen_ctx_flags() which replaces preempt_count() and
local_save_flags() invocations.

As an example, ftrace_syscall_enter() may invoke:
- trace_buffer_lock_reserve() -&gt; … -&gt; tracing_generic_entry_update()
- event_trigger_unlock_commit()
  -&gt; ftrace_trace_stack() -&gt; … -&gt; tracing_generic_entry_update()
  -&gt; ftrace_trace_userstack() -&gt; … -&gt; tracing_generic_entry_update()

In this case the TRACE_FLAG_* bits were evaluated three times. By using
the `trace_ctx' they are evaluated once and assigned three times.

A build with all tracers enabled on x86-64 with and without the patch:

    text     data      bss      dec      hex    filename
21970669 17084168  7639260 46694097  2c87ed1 vmlinux.old
21970293 17084168  7639260 46693721  2c87d59 vmlinux.new

text shrank by 379 bytes, data remained constant.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210125194511.3924915-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>tracing: Disable ftrace selftests when any tracer is running</title>
<updated>2020-12-14T17:05:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Masami Hiramatsu</name>
<email>mhiramat@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-12-08T08:54:09+00:00</published>
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Disable ftrace selftests when any tracer (kernel command line options
like ftrace=, trace_events=, kprobe_events=, and boot-time tracing)
starts running because selftest can disturb it.

Currently ftrace= and trace_events= are checked, but kprobe_events
has a different flag, and boot-time tracing didn't checked. This unifies
the disabled flag and all of those boot-time tracing features sets
the flag.

This also fixes warnings on kprobe-event selftest
(CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST=y and CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS=y) with boot-time
tracing (ftrace.event.kprobes.EVENT.probes) like below;

[   59.803496] trace_kprobe: Testing kprobe tracing:
[   59.804258] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   59.805682] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1 at kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c:1987 kprobe_trace_self_tests_ib
[   59.806944] Modules linked in:
[   59.807335] CPU: 3 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.10.0-rc7+ #172
[   59.808029] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1 04/01/204
[   59.808999] RIP: 0010:kprobe_trace_self_tests_init+0x5f/0x42b
[   59.809696] Code: e8 03 00 00 48 c7 c7 30 8e 07 82 e8 6d 3c 46 ff 48 c7 c6 00 b2 1a 81 48 c7 c7 7
[   59.812439] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000013e78 EFLAGS: 00010282
[   59.813038] RAX: 00000000ffffffef RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000049443
[   59.813780] RDX: 0000000000049403 RSI: 0000000000049403 RDI: 000000000002deb0
[   59.814589] RBP: ffffc90000013e90 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
[   59.815349] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00000000ffffffef
[   59.816138] R13: ffff888004613d80 R14: ffffffff82696940 R15: ffff888004429138
[   59.816877] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88807dcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[   59.817772] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[   59.818395] CR2: 0000000001a8dd38 CR3: 0000000002222000 CR4: 00000000000006a0
[   59.819144] Call Trace:
[   59.819469]  ? init_kprobe_trace+0x6b/0x6b
[   59.819948]  do_one_initcall+0x5f/0x300
[   59.820392]  ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x4f/0x80
[   59.820916]  kernel_init_freeable+0x22a/0x271
[   59.821416]  ? rest_init+0x241/0x241
[   59.821841]  kernel_init+0xe/0x10f
[   59.822251]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[   59.822683] irq event stamp: 16403349
[   59.823121] hardirqs last  enabled at (16403359): [&lt;ffffffff810db81e&gt;] console_unlock+0x48e/0x580
[   59.824074] hardirqs last disabled at (16403368): [&lt;ffffffff810db786&gt;] console_unlock+0x3f6/0x580
[   59.825036] softirqs last  enabled at (16403200): [&lt;ffffffff81c0033a&gt;] __do_softirq+0x33a/0x484
[   59.825982] softirqs last disabled at (16403087): [&lt;ffffffff81a00f02&gt;] asm_call_irq_on_stack+0x10
[   59.827034] ---[ end trace 200c544775cdfeb3 ]---
[   59.827635] trace_kprobe: error on probing function entry.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160741764955.3448999.3347769358299456915.stgit@devnote2

Fixes: 4d655281eb1b ("tracing/boot Add kprobe event support")
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Disable ftrace selftests when any tracer (kernel command line options
like ftrace=, trace_events=, kprobe_events=, and boot-time tracing)
starts running because selftest can disturb it.

Currently ftrace= and trace_events= are checked, but kprobe_events
has a different flag, and boot-time tracing didn't checked. This unifies
the disabled flag and all of those boot-time tracing features sets
the flag.

This also fixes warnings on kprobe-event selftest
(CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST=y and CONFIG_KPROBE_EVENTS=y) with boot-time
tracing (ftrace.event.kprobes.EVENT.probes) like below;

[   59.803496] trace_kprobe: Testing kprobe tracing:
[   59.804258] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   59.805682] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1 at kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c:1987 kprobe_trace_self_tests_ib
[   59.806944] Modules linked in:
[   59.807335] CPU: 3 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.10.0-rc7+ #172
[   59.808029] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1 04/01/204
[   59.808999] RIP: 0010:kprobe_trace_self_tests_init+0x5f/0x42b
[   59.809696] Code: e8 03 00 00 48 c7 c7 30 8e 07 82 e8 6d 3c 46 ff 48 c7 c6 00 b2 1a 81 48 c7 c7 7
[   59.812439] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000013e78 EFLAGS: 00010282
[   59.813038] RAX: 00000000ffffffef RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000049443
[   59.813780] RDX: 0000000000049403 RSI: 0000000000049403 RDI: 000000000002deb0
[   59.814589] RBP: ffffc90000013e90 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
[   59.815349] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00000000ffffffef
[   59.816138] R13: ffff888004613d80 R14: ffffffff82696940 R15: ffff888004429138
[   59.816877] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88807dcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[   59.817772] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[   59.818395] CR2: 0000000001a8dd38 CR3: 0000000002222000 CR4: 00000000000006a0
[   59.819144] Call Trace:
[   59.819469]  ? init_kprobe_trace+0x6b/0x6b
[   59.819948]  do_one_initcall+0x5f/0x300
[   59.820392]  ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x4f/0x80
[   59.820916]  kernel_init_freeable+0x22a/0x271
[   59.821416]  ? rest_init+0x241/0x241
[   59.821841]  kernel_init+0xe/0x10f
[   59.822251]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[   59.822683] irq event stamp: 16403349
[   59.823121] hardirqs last  enabled at (16403359): [&lt;ffffffff810db81e&gt;] console_unlock+0x48e/0x580
[   59.824074] hardirqs last disabled at (16403368): [&lt;ffffffff810db786&gt;] console_unlock+0x3f6/0x580
[   59.825036] softirqs last  enabled at (16403200): [&lt;ffffffff81c0033a&gt;] __do_softirq+0x33a/0x484
[   59.825982] softirqs last disabled at (16403087): [&lt;ffffffff81a00f02&gt;] asm_call_irq_on_stack+0x10
[   59.827034] ---[ end trace 200c544775cdfeb3 ]---
[   59.827635] trace_kprobe: error on probing function entry.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/160741764955.3448999.3347769358299456915.stgit@devnote2

Fixes: 4d655281eb1b ("tracing/boot Add kprobe event support")
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu &lt;mhiramat@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<title>ftrace: Move the recursion testing into global headers</title>
<updated>2020-11-06T13:33:23+00:00</updated>
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<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
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<published>2020-11-06T02:32:36+00:00</published>
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Currently, if a callback is registered to a ftrace function and its
ftrace_ops does not have the RECURSION flag set, it is encapsulated in a
helper function that does the recursion for it.

Really, all the callbacks should have their own recursion protection for
performance reasons. But they should not all implement their own. Move the
recursion helpers to global headers, so that all callbacks can use them.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201028115612.460535535@goodmis.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201106023546.166456258@goodmis.org

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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Currently, if a callback is registered to a ftrace function and its
ftrace_ops does not have the RECURSION flag set, it is encapsulated in a
helper function that does the recursion for it.

Really, all the callbacks should have their own recursion protection for
performance reasons. But they should not all implement their own. Move the
recursion helpers to global headers, so that all callbacks can use them.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201028115612.460535535@goodmis.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201106023546.166456258@goodmis.org

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<title>ftrace: Handle tracing when switching between context</title>
<updated>2020-11-02T13:52:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-10-29T23:35:08+00:00</published>
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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) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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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) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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<title>ftrace: Fix recursion check for NMI test</title>
<updated>2020-11-02T13:52:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Rostedt (VMware)</name>
<email>rostedt@goodmis.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-10-29T21:31:45+00:00</published>
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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) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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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) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
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