linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] ksym_tracer: Fix to make the tracer work

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Date:	Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:22:22 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
CC:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"K.Prasad" <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] ksym_tracer: Fix to make the tracer work

ksym tracer doesn't work:

 # echo tasklist_lock:rw- > ksym_trace_filter
 -bash: echo: write error: No such device

It's because we pass to perf_event_create_kernel_counter()
a cpu number which is not present.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
---
 kernel/hw_breakpoint.c    |   10 +++++++---
 kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c |    1 -
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
index dbcbf6a..50dbd59 100644
--- a/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
@@ -388,7 +389,8 @@ register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 	if (!cpu_events)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+	get_online_cpus();
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		pevent = per_cpu_ptr(cpu_events, cpu);
 		bp = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(attr, cpu, -1, triggered);
 
@@ -399,18 +401,20 @@ register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 			goto fail;
 		}
 	}
+	put_online_cpus();
 
 	return cpu_events;
 
 fail:
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		pevent = per_cpu_ptr(cpu_events, cpu);
 		if (IS_ERR(*pevent))
 			break;
 		unregister_hw_breakpoint(*pevent);
 	}
+	put_online_cpus();
+
 	free_percpu(cpu_events);
-	/* return the error if any */
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_wide_hw_breakpoint);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c b/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c
index faf37fa..340b6ff 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_ksym.c
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ int process_new_ksym_entry(char *ksymname, int op, unsigned long addr)
 	entry->attr.bp_addr = addr;
 	entry->attr.bp_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
 
-	ret = -EAGAIN;
 	entry->ksym_hbp = register_wide_hw_breakpoint(&entry->attr,
 					ksym_hbp_handler);
 
-- 
1.6.3

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