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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-11-18 01:58:01 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-11-18 01:58:01 +0300
commit2dcd9c71c1ffa9a036e09047f60e08383bb0abb6 (patch)
tree8caabaf493288a3d5adb46ac49ad5097d0c907c7 /kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
parentb1c2a344cc19b40d2f1e7cbd9c2f4f205ae6d650 (diff)
parenta96a5037ed0f52e2d86739f4a1ef985bd036e575 (diff)
downloadlinux-2dcd9c71c1ffa9a036e09047f60e08383bb0abb6.tar.xz
Merge tag 'trace-v4.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace
Pull tracing updates from - allow module init functions to be traced - clean up some unused or not used by config events (saves space) - clean up of trace histogram code - add support for preempt and interrupt enabled/disable events - other various clean ups * tag 'trace-v4.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (30 commits) tracing, thermal: Hide cpu cooling trace events when not in use tracing, thermal: Hide devfreq trace events when not in use ftrace: Kill FTRACE_OPS_FL_PER_CPU perf/ftrace: Small cleanup perf/ftrace: Fix function trace events perf/ftrace: Revert ("perf/ftrace: Fix double traces of perf on ftrace:function") tracing, dma-buf: Remove unused trace event dma_fence_annotate_wait_on tracing, memcg, vmscan: Hide trace events when not in use tracing/xen: Hide events that are not used when X86_PAE is not defined tracing: mark trace_test_buffer as __maybe_unused printk: Remove superfluous memory barriers from printk_safe ftrace: Clear hashes of stale ips of init memory tracing: Add support for preempt and irq enable/disable events tracing: Prepare to add preempt and irq trace events ftrace/kallsyms: Have /proc/kallsyms show saved mod init functions ftrace: Add freeing algorithm to free ftrace_mod_maps ftrace: Save module init functions kallsyms symbols for tracing ftrace: Allow module init functions to be traced ftrace: Add a ftrace_free_mem() function for modules to use tracing: Reimplement log2 ...
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c64
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index d57fede84b38..91874a95060d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -2536,61 +2536,29 @@ rb_wakeups(struct ring_buffer *buffer, struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
* The lock and unlock are done within a preempt disable section.
* The current_context per_cpu variable can only be modified
* by the current task between lock and unlock. But it can
- * be modified more than once via an interrupt. To pass this
- * information from the lock to the unlock without having to
- * access the 'in_interrupt()' functions again (which do show
- * a bit of overhead in something as critical as function tracing,
- * we use a bitmask trick.
+ * be modified more than once via an interrupt. There are four
+ * different contexts that we need to consider.
*
- * bit 0 = NMI context
- * bit 1 = IRQ context
- * bit 2 = SoftIRQ context
- * bit 3 = normal context.
+ * Normal context.
+ * SoftIRQ context
+ * IRQ context
+ * NMI context
*
- * This works because this is the order of contexts that can
- * preempt other contexts. A SoftIRQ never preempts an IRQ
- * context.
- *
- * When the context is determined, the corresponding bit is
- * checked and set (if it was set, then a recursion of that context
- * happened).
- *
- * On unlock, we need to clear this bit. To do so, just subtract
- * 1 from the current_context and AND it to itself.
- *
- * (binary)
- * 101 - 1 = 100
- * 101 & 100 = 100 (clearing bit zero)
- *
- * 1010 - 1 = 1001
- * 1010 & 1001 = 1000 (clearing bit 1)
- *
- * The least significant bit can be cleared this way, and it
- * just so happens that it is the same bit corresponding to
- * the current context.
+ * If for some reason the ring buffer starts to recurse, we
+ * only allow that to happen at most 4 times (one for each
+ * context). If it happens 5 times, then we consider this a
+ * recusive loop and do not let it go further.
*/
static __always_inline int
trace_recursive_lock(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
{
- unsigned int val = cpu_buffer->current_context;
- int bit;
-
- if (in_interrupt()) {
- if (in_nmi())
- bit = RB_CTX_NMI;
- else if (in_irq())
- bit = RB_CTX_IRQ;
- else
- bit = RB_CTX_SOFTIRQ;
- } else
- bit = RB_CTX_NORMAL;
-
- if (unlikely(val & (1 << bit)))
+ if (cpu_buffer->current_context >= 4)
return 1;
- val |= (1 << bit);
- cpu_buffer->current_context = val;
+ cpu_buffer->current_context++;
+ /* Interrupts must see this update */
+ barrier();
return 0;
}
@@ -2598,7 +2566,9 @@ trace_recursive_lock(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
static __always_inline void
trace_recursive_unlock(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
{
- cpu_buffer->current_context &= cpu_buffer->current_context - 1;
+ /* Don't let the dec leak out */
+ barrier();
+ cpu_buffer->current_context--;
}
/**