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2013-09-09Merge tag 'trace-3.12' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace Pull tracing updates from Steven Rostedt: "Not much changes for the 3.12 merge window. The major tracing changes are still in flux, and will have to wait for 3.13. The changes for 3.12 are mostly clean ups and minor fixes. H Peter Anvin added a check to x86_32 static function tracing that helps a small segment of the kernel community. Oleg Nesterov had a few changes from 3.11, but were mostly clean ups and not worth pushing in the -rc time frame. Li Zefan had small clean up with annotating a raw_init with __init. I fixed a slight race in updating function callbacks, but the race is so small and the bug that happens when it occurs is so minor it's not even worth pushing to stable. The only real enhancement is from Alexander Z Lam that made the tracing_cpumask work for trace buffer instances, instead of them all sharing a global cpumask" * tag 'trace-3.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: ftrace/rcu: Do not trace debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() x86-32, ftrace: Fix static ftrace when early microcode is enabled ftrace: Fix a slight race in modifying what function callback gets traced tracing: Make tracing_cpumask available for all instances tracing: Kill the !CONFIG_MODULES code in trace_events.c tracing: Don't pass file_operations array to event_create_dir() tracing: Kill trace_create_file_ops() and friends tracing/syscalls: Annotate raw_init function with __init
2013-09-03Merge branch 'rcu/next' of ↵Ingo Molnar
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu Pull RCU updates from Paul E. McKenney: " * Update RCU documentation. These were posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/19/611. * Miscellaneous fixes. These were posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/19/619. * Full-system idle detection. This is for use by Frederic Weisbecker's adaptive-ticks mechanism. Its purpose is to allow the timekeeping CPU to shut off its tick when all other CPUs are idle. These were posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/19/648. * Improve rcutorture test coverage. These were posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/8/19/675. " Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-08-22tracing: Make tracing_cpumask available for all instancesAlexander Z Lam
Allow tracer instances to disable tracing by cpu by moving the static global tracing_cpumask into trace_array. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/921622317f239bfc2283cac2242647801ef584f2.1375980149.git.azl@google.com Cc: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com> Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com> Cc: Alexander Z Lam <lambchop468@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Z Lam <azl@google.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-07-26tracing: Add __tracepoint_string() to export string pointersSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
There are several tracepoints (mostly in RCU), that reference a string pointer and uses the print format of "%s" to display the string that exists in the kernel, instead of copying the actual string to the ring buffer (saves time and ring buffer space). But this has an issue with userspace tools that read the binary buffers that has the address of the string but has no access to what the string itself is. The end result is just output that looks like: rcu_dyntick: ffffffff818adeaa 1 0 rcu_dyntick: ffffffff818adeb5 0 140000000000000 rcu_dyntick: ffffffff818adeb5 0 140000000000000 rcu_utilization: ffffffff8184333b rcu_utilization: ffffffff8184333b The above is pretty useless when read by the userspace tools. Ideally we would want something that looks like this: rcu_dyntick: Start 1 0 rcu_dyntick: End 0 140000000000000 rcu_dyntick: Start 140000000000000 0 rcu_callback: rcu_preempt rhp=0xffff880037aff710 func=put_cred_rcu 0/4 rcu_callback: rcu_preempt rhp=0xffff880078961980 func=file_free_rcu 0/5 rcu_dyntick: End 0 1 The trace_printk() which also only stores the address of the string format instead of recording the string into the buffer itself, exports the mapping of kernel addresses to format strings via the printk_format file in the debugfs tracing directory. The tracepoint strings can use this same method and output the format to the same file and the userspace tools will be able to decipher the address without any modification. The tracepoint strings need its own section to save the strings because the trace_printk section will cause the trace_printk() buffers to be allocated if anything exists within the section. trace_printk() is only used for debugging and should never exist in the kernel, we can not use the trace_printk sections. Add a new tracepoint_str section that will also be examined by the output of the printk_format file. Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-07-24tracing: Kill trace_cpu struct/membersOleg Nesterov
After the previous changes trace_array_cpu->trace_cpu and trace_array->trace_cpu becomes write-only. Remove these members and kill "struct trace_cpu" as well. As a side effect this also removes memset(per_cpu_memory, 0). It was not needed, alloc_percpu() returns zero-filled memory. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130723152613.GA23741@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-07-19tracing: Kill trace_array->waiterOleg Nesterov
Trivial. trace_array->waiter has no users since 6eaaa5d5 "tracing/core: use appropriate waiting on trace_pipe". Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130719142036.GA1594@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-07-19tracing: Add ref_data to function and fgraph tracer structsSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
The selftest for function and function graph tracers are defined as __init, as they are only executed at boot up. The "tracer" structs that are associated to those tracers are not setup as __init as they are used after boot. To stop mismatch warnings, those structures need to be annotated with __ref_data. Currently, the tracer structures are defined to __read_mostly, as they do not really change. But in the future they should be converted to consts, but that will take a little work because they have a "next" pointer that gets updated when they are registered. That will have to wait till the next major release. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1373596735.17876.84.camel@gandalf.local.home Reported-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Reported-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-07-11Merge tag 'trace-3.11' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace Pull tracing changes from Steven Rostedt: "The majority of the changes here are cleanups for the large changes that were added to 3.10, which includes several bug fixes that have been marked for stable. As for new features, there were a few, but nothing to write to LWN about. These include: New function trigger called "dump" and "cpudump" that will cause ftrace to dump its buffer to the console when the function is called. The difference between "dump" and "cpudump" is that "dump" will dump the entire contents of the ftrace buffer, where as "cpudump" will only dump the contents of the ftrace buffer for the CPU that called the function. Another small enhancement is a new sysctl switch called "traceoff_on_warning" which, when enabled, will disable tracing if any WARN_ON() is triggered. This is useful if you want to debug what caused a warning and do not want to risk losing your trace data by the ring buffer overwriting the data before you can disable it. There's also a kernel command line option that will make this enabled at boot up called the same thing" * tag 'trace-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: (34 commits) tracing: Make tracing_open_generic_{tr,tc}() static tracing: Remove ftrace() function tracing: Remove TRACE_EVENT_TYPE enum definition tracing: Make tracer_tracing_{off,on,is_on}() static tracing: Fix irqs-off tag display in syscall tracing uprobes: Fix return value in error handling path tracing: Fix race between deleting buffer and setting events tracing: Add trace_array_get/put() to event handling tracing: Get trace_array ref counts when accessing trace files tracing: Add trace_array_get/put() to handle instance refs better tracing: Protect ftrace_trace_arrays list in trace_events.c tracing: Make trace_marker use the correct per-instance buffer ftrace: Do not run selftest if command line parameter is set tracing/kprobes: Don't pass addr=ip to perf_trace_buf_submit() tracing: Use flag buffer_disabled for irqsoff tracer tracing/kprobes: Turn trace_probe->files into list_head tracing: Fix disabling of soft disable tracing: Add missing syscall_metadata comment tracing: Simplify code for showing of soft disabled flag tracing/kprobes: Kill probe_enable_lock ...
2013-07-03tracing: Remove ftrace() functionzhangwei(Jovi)
The only caller of function ftrace(...) was removed a long time ago, so remove the function body as well. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1365564393-10972-10-git-send-email-jovi.zhangwei@huawei.com Signed-off-by: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-07-03tracing: Remove TRACE_EVENT_TYPE enum definitionzhangwei(Jovi)
TRACE_EVENT_TYPE enum is not used at present, remove it. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1365564393-10972-8-git-send-email-jovi.zhangwei@huawei.com Signed-off-by: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-07-02tracing: Add trace_array_get/put() to event handlingSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Commit a695cb58162 "tracing: Prevent deleting instances when they are being read" tried to fix a race between deleting a trace instance and reading contents of a trace file. But it wasn't good enough. The following could crash the kernel: # cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/instances # ( while :; do mkdir foo; rmdir foo; done ) & # ( while :; do echo 1 > foo/events/sched/sched_switch 2> /dev/null; done ) & Luckily this can only be done by root user, but it should be fixed regardless. The problem is that a delete of the file can happen after the write to the event is opened, but before the enabling happens. The solution is to make sure the trace_array is available before succeeding in opening for write, and incerment the ref counter while opened. Now the instance can be deleted when the events are writing to the buffer, but the deletion of the instance will disable all events before the instance is actually deleted. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10 Reported-by: Alexander Lam <azl@google.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-07-02tracing: Protect ftrace_trace_arrays list in trace_events.cAlexander Z Lam
There are multiple places where the ftrace_trace_arrays list is accessed in trace_events.c without the trace_types_lock held. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1372732674-22726-1-git-send-email-azl@google.com Cc: Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@google.com> Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com> Cc: Alexander Z Lam <lambchop468@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.10 Signed-off-by: Alexander Z Lam <azl@google.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-07-02ftrace: Do not run selftest if command line parameter is setSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
If the kernel command line ftrace filter parameters are set (ftrace_filter or ftrace_notrace), force the function self test to pass, with a warning why it was forced. If the user adds a filter to the kernel command line, it is assumed that they know what they are doing, and the self test should just not run instead of failing (which disables function tracing) or clearing the filter, as that will probably annoy the user. If the user wants the selftest to run, the message will tell them why it did not. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-06-11tracing: Fix outputting formats of x86-tsc and counter when use trace_clockYoshihiro YUNOMAE
Outputting formats of x86-tsc and counter should be a raw format, but after applying the patch(2b6080f28c7cc3efc8625ab71495aae89aeb63a0), the format was changed to nanosec. This is because the global variable trace_clock_id was used. When we use multiple buffers, clock_id of each sub-buffer should be used. Then, this patch uses tr->clock_id instead of the global variable trace_clock_id. [ Basically, this fixes a regression where the multibuffer code changed the trace_clock file to update tr->clock_id but the traces still use the old global trace_clock_id variable, negating the file's effect. The global trace_clock_id variable is obsolete and removed. - SR ] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130423013239.22334.7394.stgit@yunodevel Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro YUNOMAE <yoshihiro.yunomae.ez@hitachi.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-04-30Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull perf updates from Ingo Molnar: "Features: - Add "uretprobes" - an optimization to uprobes, like kretprobes are an optimization to kprobes. "perf probe -x file sym%return" now works like kretprobes. By Oleg Nesterov. - Introduce per core aggregation in 'perf stat', from Stephane Eranian. - Add memory profiling via PEBS, from Stephane Eranian. - Event group view for 'annotate' in --stdio, --tui and --gtk, from Namhyung Kim. - Add support for AMD NB and L2I "uncore" counters, by Jacob Shin. - Add Ivy Bridge-EP uncore support, by Zheng Yan - IBM zEnterprise EC12 oprofile support patchlet from Robert Richter. - Add perf test entries for checking breakpoint overflow signal handler issues, from Jiri Olsa. - Add perf test entry for for checking number of EXIT events, from Namhyung Kim. - Add perf test entries for checking --cpu in record and stat, from Jiri Olsa. - Introduce perf stat --repeat forever, from Frederik Deweerdt. - Add --no-demangle to report/top, from Namhyung Kim. - PowerPC fixes plus a couple of cleanups/optimizations in uprobes and trace_uprobes, by Oleg Nesterov. Various fixes and refactorings: - Fix dependency of the python binding wrt libtraceevent, from Naohiro Aota. - Simplify some perf_evlist methods and to allow 'stat' to share code with 'record' and 'trace', by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo. - Remove dead code in related to libtraceevent integration, from Namhyung Kim. - Revert "perf sched: Handle PERF_RECORD_EXIT events" to get 'perf sched lat' back working, by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo - We don't use Newt anymore, just plain libslang, by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo. - Kill a bunch of die() calls, from Namhyung Kim. - Fix build on non-glibc systems due to libio.h absence, from Cody P Schafer. - Remove some perf_session and tracing dead code, from David Ahern. - Honor parallel jobs, fix from Borislav Petkov - Introduce tools/lib/lk library, initially just removing duplication among tools/perf and tools/vm. from Borislav Petkov ... and many more I missed to list, see the shortlog and git log for more details." * 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (136 commits) perf/x86/intel/P4: Robistify P4 PMU types perf/x86/amd: Fix AMD NB and L2I "uncore" support perf/x86/amd: Remove old-style NB counter support from perf_event_amd.c perf/x86: Check all MSRs before passing hw check perf/x86/amd: Add support for AMD NB and L2I "uncore" counters perf/x86/intel: Add Ivy Bridge-EP uncore support perf/x86/intel: Fix SNB-EP CBO and PCU uncore PMU filter management perf/x86: Avoid kfree() in CPU_{STARTING,DYING} uprobes/perf: Avoid perf_trace_buf_prepare/submit if ->perf_events is empty uprobes/tracing: Don't pass addr=ip to perf_trace_buf_submit() uprobes/tracing: Change create_trace_uprobe() to support uretprobes uprobes/tracing: Make seq_printf() code uretprobe-friendly uprobes/tracing: Make register_uprobe_event() paths uretprobe-friendly uprobes/tracing: Make uprobe_{trace,perf}_print() uretprobe-friendly uprobes/tracing: Introduce is_ret_probe() and uretprobe_dispatcher() uprobes/tracing: Introduce uprobe_{trace,perf}_print() helpers uprobes/tracing: Generalize struct uprobe_trace_entry_head uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless local_save_flags/preempt_count calls uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless seq_print_ip_sym() call uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless task_pt_regs() calls ...
2013-04-13uprobes/tracing: Generalize struct uprobe_trace_entry_headOleg Nesterov
struct uprobe_trace_entry_head has a single member for reporting, "unsigned long ip". If we want to support uretprobes we need to create another struct which has "func" and "ret_ip" and duplicate a lot of functions, like trace_kprobe.c does. To avoid this copy-and-paste horror we turn ->ip into ->vaddr[] and add couple of trivial helpers to calculate sizeof/data. This uglifies the code a bit, but this allows us to avoid a lot more complications later, when we add the support for ret-probes. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Acked-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tested-by: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>
2013-03-15tracing: Move find_event_field() into trace_events.czhangwei(Jovi)
By moving find_event_field() and trace_find_field() into trace_events.c, the ftrace_common_fields list and trace_get_fields() can become local to the trace_events.c file. find_event_field() is renamed to trace_find_event_field() to conform to the tracing global function names. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/513D8426.9070109@huawei.com Signed-off-by: zhangwei(Jovi) <jovi.zhangwei@huawei.com> [ rostedt: Modified trace_find_field() to trace_find_event_field() ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Add function-trace option to disable function tracing of latency ↵Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)
tracers Currently, the only way to stop the latency tracers from doing function tracing is to fully disable the function tracer from the proc file system: echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_enabled This is a big hammer approach as it disables function tracing for all users. This includes kprobes, perf, stack tracer, etc. Instead, create a function-trace option that the latency tracers can check to determine if it should enable function tracing or not. This option can be set or cleared even while the tracer is active and the tracers will disable or enable function tracing depending on how the option was set. Instead of using the proc file, disable latency function tracing with echo 0 > /debug/tracing/options/function-trace Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Add internal ftrace trace_puts() for ftrace to useSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
There's a few places that ftrace uses trace_printk() for internal use, but this requires context (normal, softirq, irq, NMI) buffers to keep things lockless. But the trace_puts() does not, as it can write the string directly into the ring buffer. Make a internal helper for trace_puts() and have the internal functions use that. This way the extra context buffers are not used. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Add trace_puts() for even faster trace_printk() tracingSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
The trace_printk() is extremely fast and is very handy as it can be used in any context (including NMIs!). But it still requires scanning the fmt string for parsing the args. Even the trace_bprintk() requires a scan to know what args will be saved, although it doesn't copy the format string itself. Several times trace_printk() has no args, and wastes cpu cycles scanning the fmt string. Adding trace_puts() allows the developer to use an even faster tracing method that only saves the pointer to the string in the ring buffer without doing any format parsing at all. This will help remove even more of the "Heisenbug" effect, when debugging. Also fixed up the F_printk()s for the ftrace internal bprint and print events. 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>
2013-03-15tracing: Add alloc_snapshot kernel command line parameterSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
If debugging the kernel, and the developer wants to use tracing_snapshot() in places where tracing_snapshot_alloc() may be difficult (or more likely, the developer is lazy and doesn't want to bother with tracing_snapshot_alloc() at all), then adding alloc_snapshot to the kernel command line parameter will tell ftrace to allocate the snapshot buffer (if configured) when it allocates the main tracing buffer. I also noticed that ring_buffer_expanded and tracing_selftest_disabled had inconsistent use of boolean "true" and "false" with "0" and "1". I cleaned that up too. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Prevent deleting instances when they are being readSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Add a ref count to the trace_array structure and prevent removal of instances that have open descriptors. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Have trace_array keep track if snapshot buffer is allocatedSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
The snapshot buffer belongs to the trace array not the tracer that is running. The trace array should be the data structure that keeps track of whether or not the snapshot buffer is allocated, not the tracer desciptor. Having the trace array keep track of it makes modifications so much easier. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Consolidate max_tr into main trace_array structureSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Currently, the way the latency tracers and snapshot feature works is to have a separate trace_array called "max_tr" that holds the snapshot buffer. For latency tracers, this snapshot buffer is used to swap the running buffer with this buffer to save the current max latency. The only items needed for the max_tr is really just a copy of the buffer itself, the per_cpu data pointers, the time_start timestamp that states when the max latency was triggered, and the cpu that the max latency was triggered on. All other fields in trace_array are unused by the max_tr, making the max_tr mostly bloat. This change removes the max_tr completely, and adds a new structure called trace_buffer, that holds the buffer pointer, the per_cpu data pointers, the time_start timestamp, and the cpu where the latency occurred. The trace_array, now has two trace_buffers, one for the normal trace and one for the max trace or snapshot. By doing this, not only do we remove the bloat from the max_trace but the instances of traces can now use their own snapshot feature and not have just the top level global_trace have the snapshot feature and latency tracers for itself. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Clear all trace buffers when unloaded module event was usedSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
Currently we do not know what buffer a module event was enabled in. On unload, it is safest to clear all buffer instances, not just the top level buffer. Todo: Clear only the buffer that the event was used in. The infrastructure is there to do this, but it makes the code a bit more complex. Lets get the current code vetted before we add that. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Add __per_cpu annotation to trace array percpu data pointerSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
With the conversion of the data array to per cpu, sparse now complains about the use of per_cpu_ptr() on the variable. But The variable is allocated with alloc_percpu() and is fine to use. But since the structure that contains the data variable does not annotate it as such, sparse gives out a lot of false warnings. Reported-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Use direct field, type and system namesSteven Rostedt
The names used to display the field and type in the event format files are copied, as well as the system name that is displayed. All these names are created by constant values passed in. If one of theses values were to be removed by a module, the module would also be required to remove any event it created. By using the strings directly, we can save over 100K of memory. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Add rmdir to remove multibuffer instancesSteven Rostedt
Add a method to the hijacked dentry descriptor of the "instances" directory to allow for rmdir to remove an instance of a multibuffer. Example: cd /debug/tracing/instances mkdir hello ls hello/ rmdir hello ls Like the mkdir method, the i_mutex is dropped for the instances directory. The instances directory is created at boot up and can not be renamed or removed. The trace_types_lock mutex is used to synchronize adding and removing of instances. I've run several stress tests with different threads trying to create and delete directories of the same name, and it has stood up fine. Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Add interface to allow multiple trace buffersSteven Rostedt
Add the interface ("instances" directory) to add multiple buffers to ftrace. To create a new instance, simply do a mkdir in the instances directory: This will create a directory with the following: # cd instances # mkdir foo # ls foo buffer_size_kb free_buffer trace_clock trace_pipe buffer_total_size_kb set_event trace_marker tracing_enabled events/ trace trace_options tracing_on Currently only events are able to be set, and there isn't a way to delete a buffer when one is created (yet). Note, the i_mutex lock is dropped from the parent "instances" directory during the mkdir operation. As the "instances" directory can not be renamed or deleted (created on boot), I do not see any harm in dropping the lock. The creation of the sub directories is protected by trace_types_lock mutex, which only lets one instance get into the code path at a time. If two tasks try to create or delete directories of the same name, only one will occur and the other will fail with -EEXIST. Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Make syscall events suitable for multiple buffersSteven Rostedt
Currently the syscall events record into the global buffer. But if multiple buffers are in place, then we need to have syscall events record in the proper buffers. By adding descriptors to pass to the syscall event functions, the syscall events can now record into the buffers that have been assigned to them (one event may be applied to mulitple buffers). This will allow tracing high volume syscalls along with seldom occurring syscalls without losing the seldom syscall events. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Replace the static global per_cpu arrays with allocated per_cpuSteven Rostedt
The global and max-tr currently use static per_cpu arrays for the CPU data descriptors. But in order to get new allocated trace_arrays, they need to be allocated per_cpu arrays. Instead of using the static arrays, switch the global and max-tr to use allocated data. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Encapsulate global_trace and remove dependencies on global varsSteven Rostedt
The global_trace variable in kernel/trace/trace.c has been kept 'static' and local to that file so that it would not be used too much outside of that file. This has paid off, even though there were lots of changes to make the trace_array structure more generic (not depending on global_trace). Removal of a lot of direct usages of global_trace is needed to be able to create more trace_arrays such that we can add multiple buffers. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Use RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS for TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPUSteven Rostedt
Both RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS and TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU are defined as -1 and used to say that all the ring buffers are to be modified or read (instead of just a single cpu, which would be >= 0). There's no reason to keep TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU as it is also started to be used for more than what it was created for, and now that the ring buffer code added a generic RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS define, we can clean up the trace code to use that instead and remove the TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU macro. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Separate out trace events from global variablesSteven Rostedt
The trace events for ftrace are all defined via global variables. The arrays of events and event systems are linked to a global list. This prevents multiple users of the event system (what to enable and what not to). By adding descriptors to represent the event/file relation, as well as to which trace_array descriptor they are associated with, allows for more than one set of events to be defined. Once the trace events files have a link between the trace event and the trace_array they are associated with, we can create multiple trace_arrays that can record separate events in separate buffers. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-03-15tracing: Prevent buffer overwrite disabled for latency tracersSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)
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. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-01-30tracing: Make a snapshot feature available from userspaceHiraku Toyooka
Ftrace has a snapshot feature available from kernel space and latency tracers (e.g. irqsoff) are using it. This patch enables user applictions to take a snapshot via debugfs. Add "snapshot" debugfs file in "tracing" directory. snapshot: This is used to take a snapshot and to read the output of the snapshot. # echo 1 > snapshot This will allocate the spare buffer for snapshot (if it is not allocated), and take a snapshot. # cat snapshot This will show contents of the snapshot. # echo 0 > snapshot This will free the snapshot if it is allocated. Any other positive values will clear the snapshot contents if the snapshot is allocated, or return EINVAL if it is not allocated. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121226025300.3252.86850.stgit@liselsia Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com> Signed-off-by: Hiraku Toyooka <hiraku.toyooka.gu@hitachi.com> [ Fixed irqsoff selftest and also a conflict with a change that fixes the update_max_tr. ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-01-23ring-buffer: User context bit recursion checkingSteven Rostedt
Using context bit recursion checking, we can help increase the performance of the ring buffer. Before this patch: # echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer # for i in `seq 10`; do ./hackbench 50; done Time: 10.285 Time: 10.407 Time: 10.243 Time: 10.372 Time: 10.380 Time: 10.198 Time: 10.272 Time: 10.354 Time: 10.248 Time: 10.253 (average: 10.3012) Now we have: # echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer # for i in `seq 10`; do ./hackbench 50; done Time: 9.712 Time: 9.824 Time: 9.861 Time: 9.827 Time: 9.962 Time: 9.905 Time: 9.886 Time: 10.088 Time: 9.861 Time: 9.834 (average: 9.876) a 4% savings! Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-01-23tracing: Avoid unnecessary multiple recursion checksSteven Rostedt
When function tracing occurs, the following steps are made: If arch does not support a ftrace feature: call internal function (uses INTERNAL bits) which calls... If callback is registered to the "global" list, the list function is called and recursion checks the GLOBAL bits. then this function calls... The function callback, which can use the FTRACE bits to check for recursion. Now if the arch does not suppport a feature, and it calls the global list function which calls the ftrace callback all three of these steps will do a recursion protection. There's no reason to do one if the previous caller already did. The recursion that we are protecting against will go through the same steps again. To prevent the multiple recursion checks, if a recursion bit is set that is higher than the MAX bit of the current check, then we know that the check was made by the previous caller, and we can skip the current check. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-01-23tracing: Make the trace recursion bits into enumsSteven Rostedt
Convert the bits into enums which makes the code a little easier to maintain. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2013-01-23ftrace: Add context level recursion bit checkingSteven Rostedt
Currently for recursion checking in the function tracer, ftrace tests a task_struct bit to determine if the function tracer had recursed or not. If it has, then it will will return without going further. But this leads to races. If an interrupt came in after the bit was set, the functions being traced would see that bit set and think that the function tracer recursed on itself, and would return. Instead add a bit for each context (normal, softirq, irq and nmi). A check of which context the task is in is made before testing the associated bit. Now if an interrupt preempts the function tracer after the previous context has been set, the interrupt functions can still be traced. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-11-13tracing: Format non-nanosec times from tsc clock without a decimal point.David Sharp
With the addition of the "tsc" clock, formatting timestamps to look like fractional seconds is misleading. Mark clocks as either in nanoseconds or not, and format non-nanosecond timestamps as decimal integers. Tested: $ cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/ $ cat trace_clock [local] global tsc $ echo sched_switch > set_event $ echo 1 > tracing_on ; sleep 0.0005 ; echo 0 > tracing_on $ cat trace <idle>-0 [000] 6330.555552: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=bash next_pid=29964 next_prio=120 sleep-29964 [000] 6330.555628: sched_switch: prev_comm=bash prev_pid=29964 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper next_pid=0 next_prio=120 ... $ echo 1 > options/latency-format $ cat trace <idle>-0 0 4104553247us+: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=bash next_pid=29964 next_prio=120 sleep-29964 0 4104553322us+: sched_switch: prev_comm=bash prev_pid=29964 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper next_pid=0 next_prio=120 ... $ echo tsc > trace_clock $ cat trace $ echo 1 > tracing_on ; sleep 0.0005 ; echo 0 > tracing_on $ echo 0 > options/latency-format $ cat trace <idle>-0 [000] 16490053398357: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=bash next_pid=31128 next_prio=120 sleep-31128 [000] 16490053588518: sched_switch: prev_comm=bash prev_pid=31128 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper next_pid=0 next_prio=120 ... echo 1 > options/latency-format $ cat trace <idle>-0 0 91557653238+: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=bash next_pid=31128 next_prio=120 sleep-31128 0 91557843399+: sched_switch: prev_comm=bash prev_pid=31128 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=swapper next_pid=0 next_prio=120 ... v2: Move arch-specific bits out of generic code. v4: Fix x86_32 build due to 64-bit division. Google-Bug-Id: 6980623 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1352837903-32191-2-git-send-email-dhsharp@google.com Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Signed-off-by: David Sharp <dhsharp@google.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-11-02tracing: Use irq_work for wake ups and remove *_nowake_*() functionsSteven Rostedt
Have the ring buffer commit function use the irq_work infrastructure to wake up any waiters waiting on the ring buffer for new data. The irq_work was created for such a purpose, where doing the actual wake up at the time of adding data is too dangerous, as an event or function trace may be in the midst of the work queue locks and cause deadlocks. The irq_work will either delay the action to the next timer interrupt, or trigger an IPI to itself forcing an interrupt to do the work (in a safe location). With irq_work, all ring buffer commits can safely do wakeups, removing the need for the ring buffer commit "nowake" variants, which were used by events and function tracing. All commits can now safely use the normal commit, and the "nowake" variants can be removed. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-11-02tracing: Remove unused function unregister_tracer()Steven Rostedt
The function register_tracer() is only used by kernel core code, that never needs to remove the tracer. As trace_events have become the main way to add new tracing to the kernel, the need to unregister a tracer has diminished. Remove the unused function unregister_tracer(). If a need arises where we need it, then we can always add it back. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-10-31tracing: Cache comms only after an event occurredSteven Rostedt
Whenever an event is registered, the comm of tasks are saved at every task switch instead of saving them at every event. But if an event isn't executed much, the comm cache will be filled up by tasks that did not record the event and you lose out on the comms that did. Here's an example, if you enable the following events: echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/kvm/kvm_cr/enable echo 1 > /debug/tracing/events/net/net_dev_xmit/enable Note, there's no kvm running on this machine so the first event will never be triggered, but because it is enabled, the storing of comms will continue. If we now disable the network event: echo 0 > /debug/tracing/events/net/net_dev_xmit/enable and look at the trace: cat /debug/tracing/trace sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 375.731616: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 375.731617: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 375.859356: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 375.859357: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 375.947351: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 375.947352: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 376.035383: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 376.035383: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 377.563806: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=226 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 377.563807: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=226 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s2 377.563834: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6be0 len=114 rc=0 sshd-2672 [001] ..s1 377.563842: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6be0 len=114 rc=0 We see that process 2672 which triggered the events has the comm "sshd". But if we run hackbench for a bit and look again: cat /debug/tracing/trace <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 375.731616: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 375.731617: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 375.859356: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 375.859357: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 375.947351: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 375.947352: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 376.035383: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 376.035383: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=242 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 377.563806: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=226 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 377.563807: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6de0 len=226 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s2 377.563834: net_dev_xmit: dev=eth0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6be0 len=114 rc=0 <...>-2672 [001] ..s1 377.563842: net_dev_xmit: dev=br0 skbaddr=ffff88005cbb6be0 len=114 rc=0 The stored "sshd" comm has been flushed out and we get a useless "<...>". But by only storing comms after a trace event occurred, we can run hackbench all day and still get the same output. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-10-31tracing: Enable comm recording if trace_printk() is usedSteven Rostedt
If comm recording is not enabled when trace_printk() is used then you just get this type of output: [ adding trace_printk("hello! %d", irq); in do_IRQ ] <...>-2843 [001] d.h. 80.812300: do_IRQ: hello! 14 <...>-2734 [002] d.h2 80.824664: do_IRQ: hello! 14 <...>-2713 [003] d.h. 80.829971: do_IRQ: hello! 14 <...>-2814 [000] d.h. 80.833026: do_IRQ: hello! 14 By enabling the comm recorder when trace_printk is enabled: hackbench-6715 [001] d.h. 193.233776: do_IRQ: hello! 21 sshd-2659 [001] d.h. 193.665862: do_IRQ: hello! 21 <idle>-0 [001] d.h1 193.665996: do_IRQ: hello! 21 Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-10-31tracing: Change tracer's integer flags to boolHiraku Toyooka
print_max and use_max_tr in struct tracer are "int" variables and used like flags. This is wasteful, so change the type to "bool". Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121002082710.9807.86393.stgit@falsita Signed-off-by: Hiraku Toyooka <hiraku.toyooka.gu@hitachi.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-10-02Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace Pull user namespace changes from Eric Biederman: "This is a mostly modest set of changes to enable basic user namespace support. This allows the code to code to compile with user namespaces enabled and removes the assumption there is only the initial user namespace. Everything is converted except for the most complex of the filesystems: autofs4, 9p, afs, ceph, cifs, coda, fuse, gfs2, ncpfs, nfs, ocfs2 and xfs as those patches need a bit more review. The strategy is to push kuid_t and kgid_t values are far down into subsystems and filesystems as reasonable. Leaving the make_kuid and from_kuid operations to happen at the edge of userspace, as the values come off the disk, and as the values come in from the network. Letting compile type incompatible compile errors (present when user namespaces are enabled) guide me to find the issues. The most tricky areas have been the places where we had an implicit union of uid and gid values and were storing them in an unsigned int. Those places were converted into explicit unions. I made certain to handle those places with simple trivial patches. Out of that work I discovered we have generic interfaces for storing quota by projid. I had never heard of the project identifiers before. Adding full user namespace support for project identifiers accounts for most of the code size growth in my git tree. Ultimately there will be work to relax privlige checks from "capable(FOO)" to "ns_capable(user_ns, FOO)" where it is safe allowing root in a user names to do those things that today we only forbid to non-root users because it will confuse suid root applications. While I was pushing kuid_t and kgid_t changes deep into the audit code I made a few other cleanups. I capitalized on the fact we process netlink messages in the context of the message sender. I removed usage of NETLINK_CRED, and started directly using current->tty. Some of these patches have also made it into maintainer trees, with no problems from identical code from different trees showing up in linux-next. After reading through all of this code I feel like I might be able to win a game of kernel trivial pursuit." Fix up some fairly trivial conflicts in netfilter uid/git logging code. * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace: (107 commits) userns: Convert the ufs filesystem to use kuid/kgid where appropriate userns: Convert the udf filesystem to use kuid/kgid where appropriate userns: Convert ubifs to use kuid/kgid userns: Convert squashfs to use kuid/kgid where appropriate userns: Convert reiserfs to use kuid and kgid where appropriate userns: Convert jfs to use kuid/kgid where appropriate userns: Convert jffs2 to use kuid and kgid where appropriate userns: Convert hpfs to use kuid and kgid where appropriate userns: Convert btrfs to use kuid/kgid where appropriate userns: Convert bfs to use kuid/kgid where appropriate userns: Convert affs to use kuid/kgid wherwe appropriate userns: On alpha modify linux_to_osf_stat to use convert from kuids and kgids userns: On ia64 deal with current_uid and current_gid being kuid and kgid userns: On ppc convert current_uid from a kuid before printing. userns: Convert s390 getting uid and gid system calls to use kuid and kgid userns: Convert s390 hypfs to use kuid and kgid where appropriate userns: Convert binder ipc to use kuids userns: Teach security_path_chown to take kuids and kgids userns: Add user namespace support to IMA userns: Convert EVM to deal with kuids and kgids in it's hmac computation ...
2012-09-24tracing: Add an option for disabling markersMandeep Singh Baines
In our application, we have trace markers spread through user-space. We have markers in GL, X, etc. These are super handy for Chrome's about:tracing feature (Chrome + system + kernel trace view), but can be very distracting when you're trying to debug a kernel issue. I normally, use "grep -v tracing_mark_write" but it would be nice if I could just temporarily disable markers all together. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1347066739-26285-1-git-send-email-msb@chromium.org CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2012-09-18userns: Teach trace to use from_kuidEric W. Biederman
- When tracing capture the kuid. - When displaying the data to user space convert the kuid into the user namespace of the process that opened the report file. Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
2012-07-31ftrace: Add selftest to test function save-regs supportSteven Rostedt
Add selftests to test the save-regs functionality of ftrace. If the arch supports saving regs, then it will make sure that regs is at least not NULL in the callback. If the arch does not support saving regs, it makes sure that the registering of the ftrace_ops that requests saving regs fails. It then tests the registering of the ftrace_ops succeeds if the 'IF_SUPPORTED' flag is set. Then it makes sure that the regs passed to the function is NULL. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>