When one of the trace pipe files are being read (by either the trace_pipe
or trace_pipe_raw), do not allow the current_trace to change. By adding
a ref count that is incremented when the pipe files are opened, will
prevent the current_trace from being changed.
This will allow for the removal of the global trace_types_lock from
reading the pipe buffers (which is currently a bottle neck).
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Add the kernel command line tp_printk option that will have tracepoints
that are active sent to printk() as well as to the trace buffer.
Passing "tp_printk" will activate this. To turn it off, the sysctl
/proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk can have '0' echoed into it. Note,
this only works if the cmdline option is used. Echoing 1 into the sysctl
file without the cmdline option will have no affect.
Note, this is a dangerous option. Having high frequency tracepoints send
their data to printk() can possibly cause a live lock. This is another
reason why this is only active if the command line option is used.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.11.1412121539300.16494@nanos
Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Currently, function graph tracer prints "!" or "+" just before
function execution time to signal a function overhead, depending
on the time. And some tracers tracing latency also print "!" or
"+" just after time to signal overhead, depending on the interval
between events. Even it is usually enough to do that, we sometimes
need to signal for bigger execution time than 100 micro seconds.
For example, I used function graph tracer to detect if there is
any case that exit_mm() takes too much time. I did following steps
in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing. It was easier to detect very large
excution time with patched kernel than with original kernel.
$ echo exit_mm > set_graph_function
$ echo function_graph > current_tracer
$ echo > trace
$ cat trace_pipe > $LOGFILE
... (do something and terminate logging)
$ grep "\\$" $LOGFILE
3) $ 22082032 us | } /* kernel_map_pages */
3) $ 22082040 us | } /* free_pages_prepare */
3) $ 22082113 us | } /* free_hot_cold_page */
3) $ 22083455 us | } /* free_hot_cold_page_list */
3) $ 22083895 us | } /* release_pages */
3) $ 22177873 us | } /* free_pages_and_swap_cache */
3) $ 22178929 us | } /* unmap_single_vma */
3) $ 22198885 us | } /* unmap_vmas */
3) $ 22206949 us | } /* exit_mmap */
3) $ 22207659 us | } /* mmput */
3) $ 22207793 us | } /* exit_mm */
And then, it was easy to find out that a schedule-out occured by
sub_preempt_count() within kernel_map_pages().
To detect very large function exection time caused by either problematic
function implementation or scheduling issues, this patch can be useful.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1416789259-24038-1-git-send-email-byungchul.park@lge.com
Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Instead of doing individual checks all over the place that makes the code
very messy. Just check trace_seq_has_overflowed() at the end or in
strategic places.
This makes the code much cleaner and also helps with getting closer
to removing the return values of trace_seq_printf() and friends.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141114011410.987913836@goodmis.org
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Adding a trace_seq_has_overflowed() which returns true if the trace_seq
had too much written into it allows us to simplify the code.
Instead of checking the return value of every call to trace_seq_printf()
and friends, they can all be called normally, and at the end we can
return !trace_seq_has_overflowed() instead.
Several functions also return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE when the trace_seq
overflowed and TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED otherwise. Another helper function
was created called trace_handle_return() which takes a trace_seq and
returns these enums. Using this helper function also simplifies the
code.
This change also makes it possible to remove the return values of
trace_seq_printf() and friends. They should instead just be
void functions.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141114011410.365183157@goodmis.org
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
The only code that references tracing_sched_switch_trace() and
tracing_sched_wakeup_trace() is the wakeup latency tracer. Those
two functions use to belong to the sched_switch tracer which has
long been removed. These functions were left behind because the
wakeup latency tracer used them. But since the wakeup latency tracer
is the only one to use them, they should be static functions inside
that code.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Currently, tracing_thresh works only if we specify it before selecting
function_graph tracer. If we do the opposite, tracing_thresh will change
it's value, but it will not be applied.
To fix it, we add update_thresh callback which is called whenever
tracing_thresh is updated and for function_graph tracer we register
handler which reinitializes tracer depending on tracing_thresh.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/20140718111727.GA3206@stfomichev-desktop.yandex.net
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@yandex-team.ru>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
The check that tests if ftrace_trace_arrays is empty in
top_trace_array(), uses the .prev pointer:
if (list_empty(ftrace_trace_arrays.prev))
instead of testing the variable itself:
if (list_empty(&ftrace_trace_arrays))
Although it is technically correct, it is awkward and confusing.
Use the proper method.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/87oay1bas8.fsf@sejong.aot.lge.com
Reported-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
ftrace_trace_arrays links global_trace.list. However, global_trace
is not added to ftrace_trace_arrays if trace_alloc_buffers() failed.
As the result, ftrace_trace_arrays becomes an empty list. If
ftrace_trace_arrays is an empty list, current top_trace_array() returns
an invalid pointer. As the result, the kernel can induce memory corruption
or panic.
Current implementation does not check whether ftrace_trace_arrays is empty
list or not. So, in this patch, if ftrace_trace_arrays is empty list,
top_trace_array() returns NULL. Moreover, this patch makes all functions
calling top_trace_array() handle it appropriately.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/20140605223517.32311.99233.stgit@yunodevel
Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro YUNOMAE <yoshihiro.yunomae.ez@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
In the function-graph tracer, add a funcgraph_tail option
to print the function name on all } lines, not just
functions whose first line is no longer in the trace
buffer.
If a function calls other traced functions, its total
time appears on its } line. This change allows grep
to be used to determine the function for which the
line corresponds.
Update Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt to describe
this new option.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/20140520221041.8359.6782.stgit@beardog.cce.hp.com
Signed-off-by: Robert Elliott <elliott@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Now that the ring buffer has a built in way to wake up readers
when there's data, using irq_work such that it is safe to do it
in any context. But it was still using the old "poor man's"
wait polling that checks every 1/10 of a second to see if it
should wake up a waiter. This makes the latency for a wake up
excruciatingly long. No need to do that anymore.
Completely remove the different wait_poll types from the tracers
and have them all use the default one now.
Reported-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
When using ftrace_ops_list_func, we should skip 4 instead of 3,
to avoid ftrace_call+0x5/0xb appearing in the stack trace:
Depth Size Location (110 entries)
----- ---- --------
0) 2956 0 update_curr+0xe/0x1e0
1) 2956 68 ftrace_call+0x5/0xb
2) 2888 92 enqueue_entity+0x53/0xe80
3) 2796 80 enqueue_task_fair+0x47/0x7e0
4) 2716 28 enqueue_task+0x45/0x70
5) 2688 12 activate_task+0x22/0x30
Add a function using_ftrace_ops_list_func() to test for this while keeping
ftrace_ops_list_func to remain static.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/p/1398006644-5935-2-git-send-email-wangjiaxing@insigma.com.cn
Signed-off-by: Jiaxing Wang <wangjiaxing@insigma.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
In preparation for having tracers enabled in instances, the max_lock
should be unique as updating the max for one tracer is a separate
operation than updating it for another tracer using a different max.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
In preparation for letting the latency tracers be used by instances,
remove the global tracing_max_latency variable and add a max_latency
field to the trace_array that the latency tracers will now use.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Instead of having a list of global functions that are called,
as only one global function is allow to be enabled at a time, there's
no reason to have a list.
Instead, simply have all the users of the global ops, use the global ops
directly, instead of registering their own ftrace_ops. Just switch what
function is used before enabling the function tracer.
This removes a lot of code as well as the complexity involved with it.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To increase compiler portability there is <linux/compiler.h> which
provides convenience macros for various gcc constructs. Eg: __weak for
__attribute__((weak)). I've replaced all instances of gcc attributes
with the right macro in the kernel subsystem.
Signed-off-by: Gideon Israel Dsouza <gidisrael@gmail.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Create a "set_ftrace_filter" and "set_ftrace_notrace" files in the instance
directories to let users filter of functions to trace for the given instance.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Allow instances (sub-buffers) to enable function tracing.
Each instance will have its own function tracing capability.
For now, instances will not have function stack tracing, or will
they be able to pick and choose what functions they can trace.
Picking and choosing their own functions will come later.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
As tracers will soon be used by instances, the tracer enabled field
needs to be converted to a counter instead of a boolean.
This counter is protected by the trace_types_lock mutex.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Currently the tracers (function, function_graph, irqsoff, etc) can only
be used by the top level tracing directory (not for instances).
This sets up the infrastructure to allow instances to be able to
run a separate tracer apart from the what the top level tracing is
doing.
As tracers need to adapt for being used by instances, the tracers
must flag if they can be used by instances or not. Currently only the
'nop' tracer can be used by all instances.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
As options (flags) may affect instances instead of being global
the flag_changed() callbacks need to receive the trace_array descriptor
of the instance they will be modifying.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
