linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] tracing/syscalls: core infrastructure for syscalls tracing

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Message-ID: <20090315045904.GA20949@elte.hu>
Date:	Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:59:04 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Jiaying Zhang <jiayingz@...gle.com>,
	Michael Rubin <mrubin@...gle.com>,
	Martin Bligh <mbligh@...gle.com>,
	Michael Davidson <md@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] tracing/syscalls: core infrastructure for
	syscalls tracing


* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:42:11 +0100 Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > +void start_ftrace_syscalls(void)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long flags;
> > +	struct task_struct *g, *t;
> > +
> > +	if (atomic_inc_return(&refcount) != 1)
> > +		goto out;
> > +
> > +	arch_init_ftrace_syscalls();
> > +	read_lock_irqsave(&tasklist_lock, flags);
> > +
> > +	do_each_thread(g, t) {
> > +		set_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SYSCALL_FTRACE);
> > +	} while_each_thread(g, t);
> > +
> > +	read_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
> > +out:
> > +	atomic_dec(&refcount);
> > +}
> > +
> > +void stop_ftrace_syscalls(void)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long flags;
> > +	struct task_struct *g, *t;
> > +
> > +	if (atomic_dec_return(&refcount))
> > +		goto out;
> > +
> > +	read_lock_irqsave(&tasklist_lock, flags);
> > +
> > +	do_each_thread(g, t) {
> > +		clear_tsk_thread_flag(t, TIF_SYSCALL_FTRACE);
> > +	} while_each_thread(g, t);
> > +
> > +	read_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
> > +out:
> > +	atomic_inc(&refcount);
> > +}
> 
> What is this `refcount' thing trying to do?  afacit it does 
> not prevent the two loops from running concurrently and making 
> a mess.
> 
> If it _is_ trying to prevent that from happening, then why not 
> use plain old mutex_lock()?

yeah - already commented about that to Frederic over IRC. A 
plain flag, checked inside the tasklist lock is more than 
enough.

	Ingo
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