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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/kernel.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/kernel.h | 70 |
1 files changed, 67 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h index 79fdd80a42d4..2dac79c39199 100644 --- a/include/linux/kernel.h +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h @@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ enum ftrace_dump_mode { void tracing_on(void); void tracing_off(void); int tracing_is_on(void); +void tracing_snapshot(void); +void tracing_snapshot_alloc(void); extern void tracing_start(void); extern void tracing_stop(void); @@ -515,10 +517,32 @@ do { \ * * This is intended as a debugging tool for the developer only. * Please refrain from leaving trace_printks scattered around in - * your code. + * your code. (Extra memory is used for special buffers that are + * allocated when trace_printk() is used) + * + * A little optization trick is done here. If there's only one + * argument, there's no need to scan the string for printf formats. + * The trace_puts() will suffice. But how can we take advantage of + * using trace_puts() when trace_printk() has only one argument? + * By stringifying the args and checking the size we can tell + * whether or not there are args. __stringify((__VA_ARGS__)) will + * turn into "()\0" with a size of 3 when there are no args, anything + * else will be bigger. All we need to do is define a string to this, + * and then take its size and compare to 3. If it's bigger, use + * do_trace_printk() otherwise, optimize it to trace_puts(). Then just + * let gcc optimize the rest. */ -#define trace_printk(fmt, args...) \ +#define trace_printk(fmt, ...) \ +do { \ + char _______STR[] = __stringify((__VA_ARGS__)); \ + if (sizeof(_______STR) > 3) \ + do_trace_printk(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \ + else \ + trace_puts(fmt); \ +} while (0) + +#define do_trace_printk(fmt, args...) \ do { \ static const char *trace_printk_fmt \ __attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) = \ @@ -538,7 +562,45 @@ int __trace_bprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...); extern __printf(2, 3) int __trace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...); -extern void trace_dump_stack(void); +/** + * trace_puts - write a string into the ftrace buffer + * @str: the string to record + * + * Note: __trace_bputs is an internal function for trace_puts and + * the @ip is passed in via the trace_puts macro. + * + * This is similar to trace_printk() but is made for those really fast + * paths that a developer wants the least amount of "Heisenbug" affects, + * where the processing of the print format is still too much. + * + * This function allows a kernel developer to debug fast path sections + * that printk is not appropriate for. By scattering in various + * printk like tracing in the code, a developer can quickly see + * where problems are occurring. + * + * This is intended as a debugging tool for the developer only. + * Please refrain from leaving trace_puts scattered around in + * your code. (Extra memory is used for special buffers that are + * allocated when trace_puts() is used) + * + * Returns: 0 if nothing was written, positive # if string was. + * (1 when __trace_bputs is used, strlen(str) when __trace_puts is used) + */ + +extern int __trace_bputs(unsigned long ip, const char *str); +extern int __trace_puts(unsigned long ip, const char *str, int size); +#define trace_puts(str) ({ \ + static const char *trace_printk_fmt \ + __attribute__((section("__trace_printk_fmt"))) = \ + __builtin_constant_p(str) ? str : NULL; \ + \ + if (__builtin_constant_p(str)) \ + __trace_bputs(_THIS_IP_, trace_printk_fmt); \ + else \ + __trace_puts(_THIS_IP_, str, strlen(str)); \ +}) + +extern void trace_dump_stack(int skip); /* * The double __builtin_constant_p is because gcc will give us an error @@ -573,6 +635,8 @@ static inline void trace_dump_stack(void) { } static inline void tracing_on(void) { } static inline void tracing_off(void) { } static inline int tracing_is_on(void) { return 0; } +static inline void tracing_snapshot(void) { } +static inline void tracing_snapshot_alloc(void) { } static inline __printf(1, 2) int trace_printk(const char *fmt, ...) |