linux-toradex.git/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c, branch v2.6.31.12

tracing/function: Fix the return value of ftrace_trace_onoff_callback()

2009-07-17T03:34:32+00:00

ftrace_trace_onoff_callback() will return an error even if we do the
right operation, for example:

 # echo _spin_*:traceon:10 > set_ftrace_filter
 -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
 # cat set_ftrace_filter
 #### all functions enabled ####
 _spin_trylock_bh:traceon:count=10
 _spin_unlock_irq:traceon:count=10
 _spin_unlock_bh:traceon:count=10
 _spin_lock_irq:traceon:count=10
 _spin_unlock:traceon:count=10
 _spin_trylock:traceon:count=10
 _spin_unlock_irqrestore:traceon:count=10
 _spin_lock_irqsave:traceon:count=10
 _spin_lock_bh:traceon:count=10
 _spin_lock:traceon:count=10

We want to set _spin_*:traceon:10 to set_ftrace_filter, it complains
with "Invalid argument", but the operation is successful.

This is because ftrace_process_regex() returns the number of functions that
matched the pattern. If the number is not 0, this value is returned
by ftrace_regex_write() whereas we want to return the number of bytes
virtually written.
Also the file offset pointer is not updated in this case.

If the number of matched functions is lower than the number of bytes written
by the user, this results to a reprocessing of the string given by the user with
a lower size, leading to a malformed ftrace regex and then a -EINVAL returned.

So, this patch fixes it by returning 0 if no error occured.
The fix also applies on 2.6.30

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong 
Reviewed-by: Li Zefan 
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker

ftrace: Remove duplicate newline

2009-06-25T08:28:36+00:00

Before:
  # echo 'sys_open:traceon:' > set_ftrace_filter
  # echo 'sys_close:traceoff:5' > set_ftrace_filter
  # cat set_ftrace_filter
  #### all functions enabled ####
  sys_open:traceon:unlimited

  sys_close:traceoff:count=0

After:
  # cat set_ftrace_filter
  #### all functions enabled ####
  sys_open:traceon:unlimited
  sys_close:traceoff:count=0

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
LKML-Reference: <4A4313A7.7030105@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

tracing/urgent: fix unbalanced ftrace_start_up

2009-06-20T04:28:46+00:00

Perfcounter reports the following stats for a wide system
profiling:

 #
 # (2364 samples)
 #
 # Overhead  Symbol
 # ........  ......
 #
    15.40%  [k] mwait_idle_with_hints
     8.29%  [k] read_hpet
     5.75%  [k] ftrace_caller
     3.60%  [k] ftrace_call
     [...]

This snapshot has been taken while neither the function tracer nor
the function graph tracer was running.
With dynamic ftrace, such results show a wrong ftrace behaviour
because all calls to ftrace_caller or ftrace_graph_caller (the patched
calls to mcount) are supposed to be patched into nop if none of those
tracers are running.

The problem occurs after the first run of the function tracer. Once we
launch it a second time, the callsites will never be nopped back,
unless you set custom filters.
For example it happens during the self tests at boot time.
The function tracer selftest runs, and then the dynamic tracing is
tested too. After that, the callsites are left un-nopped.

This is because the reset callback of the function tracer tries to
unregister two ftrace callbacks in once: the common function tracer
and the function tracer with stack backtrace, regardless of which
one is currently in use.
It then creates an unbalance on ftrace_start_up value which is expected
to be zero when the last ftrace callback is unregistered. When it
reaches zero, the FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS is set on the next ftrace
command, triggering the patching into nop. But since it becomes
unbalanced, ie becomes lower than zero, if the kernel functions
are patched again (as in every further function tracer runs), they
won't ever be nopped back.

Note that ftrace_call and ftrace_graph_call are still patched back
to ftrace_stub in the off case, but not the callers of ftrace_call
and ftrace_graph_caller. It means that the tracing is well deactivated
but we waste a useless call into every kernel function.

This patch just unregisters the right ftrace_ops for the function
tracer on its reset callback and ignores the other one which is
not registered, fixing the unbalance. The problem also happens
is .30

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Cc: stable@kernel.org

tracing/core: use appropriate waiting on trace_pipe

2009-02-18T00:40:20+00:00

Impact: api and pipe waiting change

Currently, the waiting used in tracing_read_pipe() is done through a
100 msecs schedule_timeout() loop which periodically check if there
are traces on the buffer.

This can cause small latencies for programs which are reading the incoming
events.

This patch makes the reader waiting for the trace_wait waitqueue except
for few tracers such as the sched and functions tracers which might be
already hold the runqueue lock while waking up the reader.

This is performed through a new callback wait_pipe() on struct tracer.
If none is implemented on a specific tracer, the default waiting for
trace_wait queue is attached.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

ftrace: show unlimited when traceon or traceoff has no counter

2009-02-17T18:12:12+00:00

Impact: clean up

The traceon and traceoff function probes are confusing to developers
to what happens when a counter is not specified. This should help
clear things up.

 # echo "*:traceoff" > set_ftrace_filter
 # cat /debug/tracing/set_ftrace_filter

  #### all functions enabled ####
  do_fork:traceoff:unlimited

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace: rename _hook to _probe

2009-02-17T17:32:04+00:00

Impact: clean up

Ingo Molnar did not like the _hook naming convention used by the
select function tracer. Luis Claudio R. Goncalves suggested using
the "_probe" extension. This patch implements the change of
calling the functions and variables "_hook" and replacing them
with "_probe".

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace: clean up coding style

2009-02-17T16:20:26+00:00

Ingo Molnar pointed out some coding style issues with the recent ftrace
updates. This patch cleans them up.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace: add pretty print function for traceon and traceoff hooks

2009-02-17T04:38:13+00:00

This patch adds a pretty print version of traceon and traceoff
output for set_ftrace_filter.

  # echo 'sys_open:traceon:4' > set_ftrace_filter
  # cat set_ftrace_filter

 #### all functions enabled ####
 sys_open:traceon:count=4

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace: add traceon traceoff commands to enable/disable the buffers

2009-02-17T03:50:04+00:00

This patch adds the new function selection commands traceon and
traceoff. traceon sets the function to enable the ring buffers
while traceoff disables the ring buffers.  You can pass in the
number of times you want the command to be executed when the function
is hit. It will only execute if the state of the buffers are not
already in that state.

Example:

 # echo do_fork:traceon:4

Will enable the ring buffers if they are disabled every time it
hits do_fork, up to 4 times.

 # echo sys_close:traceoff

This will disable the ring buffers every time (unlimited) when
sys_close is called.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

trace: Call tracing_reset_online_cpus before tracer->init()

2009-02-06T00:01:41+00:00

Impact: cleanup

To make it easy for ftrace plugin writers, as this was open coded in
the existing plugins

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Acked-by: Frédéric Weisbecker 
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar