linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] tracing/events: add rcu locking around trace event prints

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0905062207370.24643@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 May 2009 22:10:19 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] tracing/events: add rcu locking around trace event
 prints


Somehow this patch got dropped. I believe Ted's work requires it.

I'm not sure if we need to include rcupdate.h or not to use 
rcu_read_lock. I think it may be fine to include it in ftrace.h. 

Jeremy, does this patch effect anything that you are doing?

-- Steve

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
> 
> Some trace events need to have a way to print out data that his
> allocated, but will be freed later. Using a function that can allocate
> memory, and free it with call_rcu, can be useful.
> 
> This patch adds rcu locking around the print part of the TRACE_EVENT
> macro to facilitate this.
> 
> Reported-by: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> ---
>  include/trace/ftrace.h |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
> index 60c5323..6fb06bd 100644
> --- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
> +++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
> @@ -62,7 +62,9 @@
>   *
>   *	field = (typeof(field))entry;
>   *
> + *	rcu_read_lock();
>   *	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, <TP_printk> "\n");
> + *	rcu_read_unlock();
>   *	if (!ret)
>   *		return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
>   *
> @@ -99,7 +101,9 @@ ftrace_raw_output_##call(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags)	\
>  									\
>  	field = (typeof(field))entry;					\
>  									\
> +	rcu_read_lock();						\
>  	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, #call ": " print);			\
> +	rcu_read_unlock();						\
>  	if (!ret)							\
>  		return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;				\
>  									\
> -- 
> 1.6.2.1
> 
> -- 
> 
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