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Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:49:20 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip 1/1] tracing: Use a single trace_enabled variable

On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 07:15:35PM -0200, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Impact: API change/cleanup
> 
> $ codiff kernel/trace/built-in.o.before kernel/trace/built-in.o
> kernel/trace/trace.c:
>   tracing_is_enabled |  -12
>   __find_next_entry  |   -5
>  2 functions changed, 17 bytes removed, diff: -17
> 
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c:
>   tracing_sched_switch_assign_trace |  -13
>   tracing_stop_sched_switch_record  |  -74
>   tracing_start_sched_switch_record |  -30
>  3 functions changed, 117 bytes removed, diff: -117
> 
> kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c:
>   stack_trace_reset |  -10
>   stack_trace_init  |  -10
>  2 functions changed, 20 bytes removed, diff: -20
> 
> kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:
>   irqsoff_tracer_start |  -16
>   irqsoff_tracer_stop  |  -16
>   irqsoff_tracer_reset |  -10
>   irqsoff_tracer_init  |  -19
>  4 functions changed, 61 bytes removed, diff: -61
> 
> kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c:
>   wakeup_tracer_stop  |  -16
>   wakeup_tracer_start |  -10
>   start_wakeup_tracer |  -19
>   wakeup_tracer_reset |  -10
>  4 functions changed, 55 bytes removed, diff: -55
> 
> kernel/trace/built-in.o:
>  15 functions changed, 270 bytes removed, diff: -270
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace.c              |   15 +-------------
>  kernel/trace/trace.h              |    3 +-
>  kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c      |   22 --------------------
>  kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c |   40 +------------------------------------
>  kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c |   26 ------------------------
>  kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c      |    5 +---
>  6 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 106 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> index 5b1e9a9..37bb6a9 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -182,20 +182,7 @@ static struct trace_array	max_tr;
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct trace_array_cpu, max_data);
>  
>  /* tracer_enabled is used to toggle activation of a tracer */
> -static int			tracer_enabled = 1;
> -
> -/**
> - * tracing_is_enabled - return tracer_enabled status
> - *
> - * This function is used by other tracers to know the status
> - * of the tracer_enabled flag.  Tracers may use this function
> - * to know if it should enable their features when starting
> - * up. See irqsoff tracer for an example (start_irqsoff_tracer).
> - */
> -int tracing_is_enabled(void)
> -{
> -	return tracer_enabled;
> -}
> +int tracer_enabled __read_mostly;
>  
>  /*
>   * trace_buf_size is the size in bytes that is allocated
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
> index 7b0518a..faa4791 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
> @@ -396,8 +396,9 @@ struct trace_iterator {
>  	cpumask_var_t		started;
>  };
>  
> +extern int tracer_enabled;
> +
>  int tracer_init(struct tracer *t, struct trace_array *tr);
> -int tracing_is_enabled(void);
>  void trace_wake_up(void);
>  void tracing_reset(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu);
>  void tracing_reset_online_cpus(struct trace_array *tr);
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
> index c6b442d..42364e8 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
> @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
>  #include "trace.h"
>  
>  static struct trace_array		*irqsoff_trace __read_mostly;
> -static int				tracer_enabled __read_mostly;
>  
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, tracing_cpu);
>  
> @@ -356,15 +355,10 @@ void trace_preempt_off(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1)
>  static void start_irqsoff_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
>  {
>  	register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
> -	if (tracing_is_enabled())
> -		tracer_enabled = 1;
> -	else
> -		tracer_enabled = 0;
>  }
>  
>  static void stop_irqsoff_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
>  {
> -	tracer_enabled = 0;
>  	unregister_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
>  }
>  
> @@ -382,16 +376,6 @@ static void irqsoff_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
>  	stop_irqsoff_tracer(tr);
>  }
>  
> -static void irqsoff_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
> -{
> -	tracer_enabled = 1;
> -}
> -
> -static void irqsoff_tracer_stop(struct trace_array *tr)
> -{
> -	tracer_enabled = 0;
> -}
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER
>  static int irqsoff_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
>  {
> @@ -405,8 +389,6 @@ static struct tracer irqsoff_tracer __read_mostly =
>  	.name		= "irqsoff",
>  	.init		= irqsoff_tracer_init,
>  	.reset		= irqsoff_tracer_reset,
> -	.start		= irqsoff_tracer_start,
> -	.stop		= irqsoff_tracer_stop,
>  	.print_max	= 1,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
>  	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_irqsoff,
> @@ -431,8 +413,6 @@ static struct tracer preemptoff_tracer __read_mostly =
>  	.name		= "preemptoff",
>  	.init		= preemptoff_tracer_init,
>  	.reset		= irqsoff_tracer_reset,
> -	.start		= irqsoff_tracer_start,
> -	.stop		= irqsoff_tracer_stop,
>  	.print_max	= 1,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
>  	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_preemptoff,
> @@ -459,8 +439,6 @@ static struct tracer preemptirqsoff_tracer __read_mostly =
>  	.name		= "preemptirqsoff",
>  	.init		= preemptirqsoff_tracer_init,
>  	.reset		= irqsoff_tracer_reset,
> -	.start		= irqsoff_tracer_start,
> -	.stop		= irqsoff_tracer_stop,
>  	.print_max	= 1,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
>  	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_preemptirqsoff,
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c
> index 30e14fe..828a70b 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c
> @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
>  #include "trace.h"
>  
>  static struct trace_array	*ctx_trace;
> -static int __read_mostly	tracer_enabled;
>  static int			sched_ref;
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(sched_register_mutex);
>  
> @@ -151,43 +150,6 @@ void tracing_start_sched_switch_record(void)
>  	}
>  
>  	tracing_start_sched_switch();
> -
> -	mutex_lock(&sched_register_mutex);
> -	tracer_enabled++;
> -	mutex_unlock(&sched_register_mutex);
> -}
> -
> -/**
> - * tracing_stop_sched_switch_record - start tracing context switches
> - *
> - * Turns off context switch tracing for a tracer.
> - */
> -void tracing_stop_sched_switch_record(void)
> -{
> -	mutex_lock(&sched_register_mutex);
> -	tracer_enabled--;
> -	WARN_ON(tracer_enabled < 0);
> -	mutex_unlock(&sched_register_mutex);
> -
> -	tracing_stop_sched_switch();
> -}
> -
> -/**
> - * tracing_sched_switch_assign_trace - assign a trace array for ctx switch
> - * @tr: trace array pointer to assign
> - *
> - * Some tracers might want to record the context switches in their
> - * trace. This function lets those tracers assign the trace array
> - * to use.
> - */
> -void tracing_sched_switch_assign_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
> -{
> -	ctx_trace = tr;
> -}
> -
> -static void stop_sched_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
> -{
> -	tracing_stop_sched_switch_record();
>  }
>  
>  static int sched_switch_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
> @@ -200,7 +162,7 @@ static int sched_switch_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
>  static void sched_switch_trace_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
>  {
>  	if (sched_ref)
> -		stop_sched_trace(tr);
> +		tracing_stop_sched_switch();
>  }
>  
>  static void sched_switch_trace_start(struct trace_array *tr)
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
> index 96d7164..c526a1b 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
> @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
>  #include "trace.h"
>  
>  static struct trace_array	*wakeup_trace;
> -static int __read_mostly	tracer_enabled;
>  
>  static struct task_struct	*wakeup_task;
>  static int			wakeup_cpu;
> @@ -289,23 +288,7 @@ static void start_wakeup_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
>  	}
>  
>  	wakeup_reset(tr);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * Don't let the tracer_enabled = 1 show up before
> -	 * the wakeup_task is reset. This may be overkill since
> -	 * wakeup_reset does a spin_unlock after setting the
> -	 * wakeup_task to NULL, but I want to be safe.
> -	 * This is a slow path anyway.
> -	 */
> -	smp_wmb();
> -
>  	register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
> -
> -	if (tracing_is_enabled())
> -		tracer_enabled = 1;
> -	else
> -		tracer_enabled = 0;
> -
>  	return;
>  fail_deprobe_wake_new:
>  	unregister_trace_sched_wakeup_new(probe_wakeup);
> @@ -315,7 +298,6 @@ fail_deprobe:
>  
>  static void stop_wakeup_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
>  {
> -	tracer_enabled = 0;
>  	unregister_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
>  	unregister_trace_sched_switch(probe_wakeup_sched_switch);
>  	unregister_trace_sched_wakeup_new(probe_wakeup);
> @@ -352,12 +334,6 @@ static void wakeup_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
>  static void wakeup_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
>  {
>  	wakeup_reset(tr);
> -	tracer_enabled = 1;
> -}
> -
> -static void wakeup_tracer_stop(struct trace_array *tr)
> -{
> -	tracer_enabled = 0;
>  }
>  
>  static struct tracer wakeup_tracer __read_mostly =
> @@ -366,7 +342,6 @@ static struct tracer wakeup_tracer __read_mostly =
>  	.init		= wakeup_tracer_init,
>  	.reset		= wakeup_tracer_reset,
>  	.start		= wakeup_tracer_start,
> -	.stop		= wakeup_tracer_stop,
>  	.print_max	= 1,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
>  	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_wakeup,
> @@ -379,7 +354,6 @@ static struct tracer wakeup_rt_tracer __read_mostly =
>  	.init		= wakeup_rt_tracer_init,
>  	.reset		= wakeup_tracer_reset,
>  	.start		= wakeup_tracer_start,
> -	.stop		= wakeup_tracer_stop,
>  	.print_max	= 1,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
>  	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_wakeup,
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c
> index 84ca9d8..5c986b4 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c
> @@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
>  
>  #include "trace.h"
>  
> -static struct trace_array	*sysprof_trace;
> -static int __read_mostly	tracer_enabled;
> +static struct trace_array *sysprof_trace;
>  
>  /*
>   * 1 msec sample interval by default:
> @@ -230,7 +229,6 @@ static void stop_stack_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
>  {
>  	mutex_lock(&sample_timer_lock);
>  	stop_stack_timers();
> -	tracer_enabled = 0;
>  	mutex_unlock(&sample_timer_lock);
>  }
>  
> @@ -240,7 +238,6 @@ static int stack_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&sample_timer_lock);
>  	start_stack_timers();
> -	tracer_enabled = 1;
>  	mutex_unlock(&sample_timer_lock);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> -- 
> 1.6.0.6
> 


That looks good :-)

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>

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