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Message-Id: <1256233198.23653.0.camel@falcon>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:39:58 +0800
From: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@...il.com>
To: rostedt@...dmis.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v4 9/9] tracing: add function graph tracer support for
MIPS
On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 12:12 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 22:35 +0800, Wu Zhangjin wrote:
> > The implementation of function graph tracer for MIPS is a little
> > different from X86.
> >
> > in MIPS, gcc(with -pg) only transfer the caller's return address(at) and
> > the _mcount's return address(ra) to us.
> >
> > move at, ra
> > jal _mcount
> >
> > in the function is a leaf, it will no save the return address(ra):
> >
> > ffffffff80101298 <au1k_wait>:
> > ffffffff80101298: 67bdfff0 daddiu sp,sp,-16
> > ffffffff8010129c: ffbe0008 sd s8,8(sp)
> > ffffffff801012a0: 03a0f02d move s8,sp
> > ffffffff801012a4: 03e0082d move at,ra
> > ffffffff801012a8: 0c042930 jal ffffffff8010a4c0 <_mcount>
> > ffffffff801012ac: 00020021 nop
> >
> > so, we can hijack it directly in _mcount, but if the function is non-leaf, the
> > return address is saved in the stack.
> >
> > ffffffff80133030 <copy_process>:
> > ffffffff80133030: 67bdff50 daddiu sp,sp,-176
> > ffffffff80133034: ffbe00a0 sd s8,160(sp)
> > ffffffff80133038: 03a0f02d move s8,sp
> > ffffffff8013303c: ffbf00a8 sd ra,168(sp)
> > ffffffff80133040: ffb70098 sd s7,152(sp)
> > ffffffff80133044: ffb60090 sd s6,144(sp)
> > ffffffff80133048: ffb50088 sd s5,136(sp)
> > ffffffff8013304c: ffb40080 sd s4,128(sp)
> > ffffffff80133050: ffb30078 sd s3,120(sp)
> > ffffffff80133054: ffb20070 sd s2,112(sp)
> > ffffffff80133058: ffb10068 sd s1,104(sp)
> > ffffffff8013305c: ffb00060 sd s0,96(sp)
> > ffffffff80133060: 03e0082d move at,ra
> > ffffffff80133064: 0c042930 jal ffffffff8010a4c0 <_mcount>
> > ffffffff80133068: 00020021 nop
> >
> > but we can not get the exact stack address(which saved ra) directly in
> > _mcount, we need to search the content of at register in the stack space
> > or search the "s{d,w} ra, offset(sp)" instruction in the text. 'Cause we
> > can not prove there is only a match in the stack space, so, we search
> > the text instead.
> >
> > as we can see, if the first instruction above "move at, ra" is "move s8,
> > sp"(move fp, sp), it is a leaf function, so we hijack the at register
>
> Are you sure it will always be the first instruction for leaf registers.
> You may want to search for that instruction and stop on it. If you have
> not yet found the storage of ra in the stack, then you know it is a leaf
> function.
>
> > directly via put &return_to_handler into it, and otherwise, we search
> > the "s{d,w} ra, offset(sp)" instruction to get the stack offset, and
> > then the stack address. we use the above copy_process() as an example,
> > we at last find "ffbf00a8", 0xa8 is the stack offset, we plus it with
> > s8(fp), that is the stack address, we hijack the content via writing the
> > &return_to_handler in.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@...il.com>
> > ---
> > arch/mips/Kconfig | 1 +
> > arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c | 192 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > arch/mips/kernel/mcount.S | 55 +++++++++++-
> > arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 +
> > 4 files changed, 248 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > index 147fbbc..de690fd 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
> > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config MIPS
> > select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
> > select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
> > select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
> > + select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
> > # Horrible source of confusion. Die, die, die ...
> > select EMBEDDED
> > select RTC_LIB if !LEMOTE_FULOONG2E
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
> > index 1e44865..fddee5b 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
> > +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/ftrace.c
> > @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
> > #include <linux/ftrace.h>
> >
> > #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> > +#include <asm/asm.h>
> > +#include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
> >
> > @@ -105,3 +107,193 @@ int __init ftrace_dyn_arch_init(void *data)
> > return 0;
> > }
> > #endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
> > +
> > +#define JMP 0x08000000 /* jump to target directly */
> > +extern void ftrace_graph_call(void);
> > +
> > +int ftrace_enable_ftrace_graph_caller(void)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long ip = (unsigned long)(&ftrace_graph_call);
> > + unsigned char old[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE], *new;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + /* j ftrace_stub */
> > + memcpy(old, (unsigned long *)ip, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
> > + new = ftrace_call_replace(JMP, (unsigned long)ftrace_graph_caller);
> > +
> > + ret = ftrace_modify_code(ip, old, new);
> > +
> > + return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > +int ftrace_disable_ftrace_graph_caller(void)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long ip = (unsigned long)(&ftrace_graph_call);
> > + unsigned char old[MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE], *new;
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + /* j ftrace_graph_caller */
> > + memcpy(old, (unsigned long *)ip, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
> > + new = ftrace_call_replace(JMP, (unsigned long)ftrace_stub);
> > +
> > + ret = ftrace_modify_code(ip, old, new);
> > +
> > + return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > +#endif /* !CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
> > +
> > +#define S_RA (0x2fbf << 16) /* 32bit: afbf, 64bit: ffbf */
> > +/* This is only available when enabled -fno-omit-frame-pointer with CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y */
> > +#define MOV_FP_SP 0x03a0f021 /* 32bit: 0x03a0f021, 64bit: 0x03a0f02d */
> > +#define STACK_OFFSET_MASK 0xfff /* stack offset range: 0 ~ PT_SIZE(304) */
> > +
> > +unsigned long ftrace_get_parent_addr(unsigned long self_addr,
> > + unsigned long parent,
> > + unsigned long parent_addr,
> > + unsigned long fp)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long sp, ip, ra;
> > + unsigned int code;
> > +
> > + /* move to the instruction "move ra, at" */
> > + ip = self_addr - 8;
> > +
> > + /* search the text until finding the "move s8, sp" instruction or
> > + * "s{d,w} ra, offset(sp)" instruction */
> > + do {
> > + ip -= 4;
> > + /* read the text we want to match */
> > + if (probe_kernel_read(&code, (void *)ip, 4)) {
>
> I thought you had issues with using probe_kernel_read here?
>
> > + WARN_ON(1);
> > + panic("read the text failure\n");
> > + }
> > +
> > + /* if the first instruction above "move at, ra" is "move
> > + * s8(fp), sp", means the function is a leaf */
>
> Ah, the comment is incorrect. We do search for the move and stop there.
> So it is not the first instruction. The comment should read...
>
> If we hit the "move s8(fp), sp" instruction before finding where the
> ra is stored, then this is a leaf function and it does not store the
> ra on the stack.
>
>
> > + if ((code & MOV_FP_SP) == MOV_FP_SP)
> > + return parent_addr;
> > + } while (((code & S_RA) != S_RA));
> > +
> > + sp = fp + (code & STACK_OFFSET_MASK);
> > + ra = *(unsigned long *)sp;
> > +
> > + if (ra == parent)
> > + return sp;
> > + else
> > + panic
> > + ("failed on getting stack address of ra\n: addr: 0x%lx, code: 0x%x\n",
> > + ip, code);
>
> I would not panic. I would disable the tracing, and not do the change.
> The code should work regardless.
>
> > +}
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Hook the return address and push it in the stack of return addrs
> > + * in current thread info.
> > + */
> > +void prepare_ftrace_return(unsigned long *parent, unsigned long self_addr,
> > + unsigned long fp)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long old;
> > + int faulted;
> > + struct ftrace_graph_ent trace;
> > + unsigned long return_hooker = (unsigned long)
> > + &return_to_handler;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Protect against fault, even if it shouldn't
> > + * happen. This tool is too much intrusive to
> > + * ignore such a protection.
> > + *
> > + * old = *parent;
> > + */
> > + asm volatile (
> > + "1: " STR(PTR_L) " %[old], 0(%[parent])\n"
> > + " li %[faulted], 0\n"
> > + "2:\n"
> > +
> > + ".section .fixup, \"ax\"\n"
> > + "3: li %[faulted], 1\n"
> > + " j 2b\n"
> > + ".previous\n"
> > +
> > + ".section\t__ex_table,\"a\"\n\t"
> > + STR(PTR) "\t1b, 3b\n\t"
> > + ".previous\n"
> > +
> > + : [old] "=&r" (old), [faulted] "=r" (faulted)
> > + : [parent] "r" (parent)
> > + : "memory"
> > + );
> > +
> > + if (unlikely(faulted)) {
> > + ftrace_graph_stop();
> > + WARN_ON(1);
>
> See, this is how we kill the tracing.
>
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /* The argument *parent only work for leaf function, we need to check
> > + * whether the function is leaf, if not, we need to get the real stack
> > + * address which stored it.
> > + *
> > + * and here, we must stop tracing before calling probe_kernel_read().
> > + * after calling it, restart tracing. otherwise, it will hang there.*/
> > + tracing_stop();
>
> Ah, here you stop tracing. I still prefer to use a direct asm. This has
> a little overhead.
>
> Also, this completely negates the above asm, which basically gets the
> parent the "x86" way.
>
> > + parent =
> > + (unsigned long *)ftrace_get_parent_addr(self_addr, old,
> > + (unsigned long)parent, fp);
> > + tracing_start();
> > +
> > + if (unlikely(atomic_read(¤t->tracing_graph_pause)))
> > + return;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * Protect against fault, even if it shouldn't
> > + * happen. This tool is too much intrusive to
> > + * ignore such a protection.
> > + *
> > + * *parent = return_hooker;
> > + */
> > + asm volatile (
> > + "1: " STR(PTR_S) " %[return_hooker], 0(%[parent])\n"
> > + " li %[faulted], 0\n"
> > + "2:\n"
> > +
> > + ".section .fixup, \"ax\"\n"
> > + "3: li %[faulted], 1\n"
> > + " j 2b\n"
> > + ".previous\n"
> > +
> > + ".section\t__ex_table,\"a\"\n\t"
> > + STR(PTR) "\t1b, 3b\n\t"
> > + ".previous\n"
> > +
> > + : [faulted] "=r" (faulted)
> > + : [parent] "r" (parent), [return_hooker] "r" (return_hooker)
> > + : "memory"
> > + );
>
> Hmm, the above should only be done for non leaf functions.
>
> > +
> > + if (unlikely(faulted)) {
> > + ftrace_graph_stop();
> > + WARN_ON(1);
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (ftrace_push_return_trace(old, self_addr, &trace.depth, fp) ==
> > + -EBUSY) {
> > + *parent = old;
>
> And this fails for leaf functions too.
>
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + trace.func = self_addr;
> > +
> > + /* Only trace if the calling function expects to */
> > + if (!ftrace_graph_entry(&trace)) {
> > + current->curr_ret_stack--;
> > + *parent = old;
>
> ditto
>
> > + }
> > +}
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER */
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/mcount.S b/arch/mips/kernel/mcount.S
> > index 30637e6..356e81c 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/kernel/mcount.S
> > +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mcount.S
> > @@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ ftrace_call:
> > nop
> >
> > MCOUNT_RESTORE_REGS
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
> > + .globl ftrace_graph_call
> > +ftrace_graph_call:
> > + j ftrace_stub
> > + nop
> > +#endif
> > +
> > .globl ftrace_stub
> > ftrace_stub:
> > RETURN_BACK
> > @@ -106,7 +114,15 @@ NESTED(_mcount, PT_SIZE, ra)
> > PTR_L t1, ftrace_trace_function /* please don't use t1 later, safe? */
> > bne t0, t1, static_trace
> > nop
> > -
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
> > + PTR_L t2, ftrace_graph_return
> > + bne t0, t2, ftrace_graph_caller
> > + nop
> > + PTR_LA t0, ftrace_graph_entry_stub
> > + PTR_L t2, ftrace_graph_entry
> > + bne t0, t2, ftrace_graph_caller
> > + nop
> > +#endif
> > j ftrace_stub
> > nop
> >
> > @@ -125,5 +141,42 @@ ftrace_stub:
> >
> > #endif /* ! CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
> > +
> > +NESTED(ftrace_graph_caller, PT_SIZE, ra)
> > + MCOUNT_SAVE_REGS
> > +
> > + PTR_LA a0, PT_R1(sp) /* arg1: &AT -> a0 */
>
> Ah! You load the address of the stack you stored the ra with!
>
> Good idea. I guess the leaf function update will work there too!
>
> > + move a1, ra /* arg2: next ip, selfaddr */
> > + PTR_SUBU a1, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE
> > + move a2, fp /* arg3: frame pointer */
> > + jal prepare_ftrace_return
> > + nop
> > +
> > + MCOUNT_RESTORE_REGS
> > + RETURN_BACK
> > + END(ftrace_graph_caller)
> > +
> > + .align 2
> > + .globl return_to_handler
> > +return_to_handler:
> > + PTR_SUBU sp, PT_SIZE
> > + PTR_S v0, PT_R2(sp)
> > + PTR_S v1, PT_R3(sp)
> > +
> > + jal ftrace_return_to_handler
> > + nop
> > +
> > + /* restore the real parent address: v0 -> ra */
> > + move ra, v0
> > +
> > + PTR_L v0, PT_R2(sp)
> > + PTR_L v1, PT_R3(sp)
> > + PTR_ADDIU sp, PT_SIZE
> > +
> > + jr ra
> > + nop
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER */
> > +
> > .set at
> > .set reorder
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> > index 162b299..f25df73 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> > +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> > @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ SECTIONS
> > SCHED_TEXT
> > LOCK_TEXT
> > KPROBES_TEXT
> > + IRQENTRY_TEXT
>
> This looks like it should be in a separate patch. I don't see where you
> explain this?
>
This is used to fix this error:
kernel/built-in.o: In function `print_graph_irq':
trace_functions_graph.c:(.text+0x82f40): undefined reference to
`__irqentry_text_start'
trace_functions_graph.c:(.text+0x82f48): undefined reference to
`__irqentry_text_start'
trace_functions_graph.c:(.text+0x82f70): undefined reference to
`__irqentry_text_end'
trace_functions_graph.c:(.text+0x82f74): undefined reference to
`__irqentry_text_end'
> -- Steve
>
> > *(.text.*)
> > *(.fixup)
> > *(.gnu.warning)
>
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