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Message-ID: <CALF0-+UequmiTTPi9RnYjEkBeW1mtxpS-fDiXLnfgwjG8UWGdQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:23:14 -0300
From:	Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@...il.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] trace: Move trace event enable from fs_initcall to core_initcall

Steven,

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@...il.com> wrote:
> This patch splits trace event initialization in two stages:
>  * ftrace enable
>  * sysfs event entry creation
>
> This allows to capture trace events from an earlier point
> by using 'trace_event' kernel parameter and is important
> to trace boot-up allocations.
>
> Note that, in order to enable events at core_initcall,
> it's necessary to move init_ftrace_syscalls() from
> core_initcall to early_initcall.
>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@...il.com>
> ---
> Changes from v1:
>   * Rework code as requested by Steven.
>
> Changes from v2:
>    * Move init_ftrace_syscalls() to early_initcall,
>      so syscalls self-test pass.
>
> Changes from v3:
>    * Fix issue reported by Steven:
>      event_trace_init() now iterates on added events (instead of full array).
>      This way we don't create an event dir for events that failed to enable.
>
>  kernel/trace/trace_events.c   |  108 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> index 29111da..437202d 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> @@ -1199,6 +1199,31 @@ event_create_dir(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct dentry *d_events,
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> +static void event_remove(struct ftrace_event_call *call)
> +{
> +       ftrace_event_enable_disable(call, 0);
> +       if (call->event.funcs)
> +               __unregister_ftrace_event(&call->event);
> +       list_del(&call->list);
> +}
> +
> +static int event_init(struct ftrace_event_call *call)
> +{
> +       int ret = 0;
> +
> +       if (WARN_ON(!call->name))
> +               return -EINVAL;
> +
> +       if (call->class->raw_init) {
> +               ret = call->class->raw_init(call);
> +               if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENOSYS)
> +                       pr_warn("Could not initialize trace events/%s\n",
> +                               call->name);
> +       }
> +
> +       return ret;
> +}
> +
>  static int
>  __trace_add_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct module *mod,
>                        const struct file_operations *id,
> @@ -1209,19 +1234,9 @@ __trace_add_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct module *mod,
>         struct dentry *d_events;
>         int ret;
>
> -       /* The linker may leave blanks */
> -       if (!call->name)
> -               return -EINVAL;
> -
> -       if (call->class->raw_init) {
> -               ret = call->class->raw_init(call);
> -               if (ret < 0) {
> -                       if (ret != -ENOSYS)
> -                               pr_warning("Could not initialize trace events/%s\n",
> -                                          call->name);
> -                       return ret;
> -               }
> -       }
> +       ret = event_init(call);
> +       if (ret < 0)
> +               return ret;
>
>         d_events = event_trace_events_dir();
>         if (!d_events)
> @@ -1272,13 +1287,10 @@ static void remove_subsystem_dir(const char *name)
>   */
>  static void __trace_remove_event_call(struct ftrace_event_call *call)
>  {
> -       ftrace_event_enable_disable(call, 0);
> -       if (call->event.funcs)
> -               __unregister_ftrace_event(&call->event);
> -       debugfs_remove_recursive(call->dir);
> -       list_del(&call->list);
> +       event_remove(call);
>         trace_destroy_fields(call);
>         destroy_preds(call);
> +       debugfs_remove_recursive(call->dir);
>         remove_subsystem_dir(call->class->system);
>  }
>
> @@ -1450,15 +1462,43 @@ static __init int setup_trace_event(char *str)
>  }
>  __setup("trace_event=", setup_trace_event);
>
> +static __init int event_trace_enable(void)
> +{
> +       struct ftrace_event_call **iter, *call;
> +       char *buf = bootup_event_buf;
> +       char *token;
> +       int ret;
> +
> +       for_each_event(iter, __start_ftrace_events, __stop_ftrace_events) {
> +
> +               call = *iter;
> +               ret = event_init(call);
> +               if (!ret)
> +                       list_add(&call->list, &ftrace_events);
> +       }
> +
> +       while (true) {
> +               token = strsep(&buf, ",");
> +
> +               if (!token)
> +                       break;
> +               if (!*token)
> +                       continue;
> +
> +               ret = ftrace_set_clr_event(token, 1);
> +               if (ret)
> +                       pr_warn("Failed to enable trace event: %s\n", token);
> +       }
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static __init int event_trace_init(void)
>  {
> -       struct ftrace_event_call **call;
> +       struct ftrace_event_call *call;
>         struct dentry *d_tracer;
>         struct dentry *entry;
>         struct dentry *d_events;
>         int ret;
> -       char *buf = bootup_event_buf;
> -       char *token;
>
>         d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
>         if (!d_tracer)
> @@ -1497,24 +1537,19 @@ static __init int event_trace_init(void)
>         if (trace_define_common_fields())
>                 pr_warning("tracing: Failed to allocate common fields");
>
> -       for_each_event(call, __start_ftrace_events, __stop_ftrace_events) {
> -               __trace_add_event_call(*call, NULL, &ftrace_event_id_fops,
> +       /*
> +        * Early initialization already enabled ftrace event.
> +        * Now it's only necessary to create the event directory.
> +        */
> +       list_for_each_entry(call, &ftrace_events, list) {
> +
> +               ret = event_create_dir(call, d_events,
> +                                      &ftrace_event_id_fops,
>                                        &ftrace_enable_fops,
>                                        &ftrace_event_filter_fops,
>                                        &ftrace_event_format_fops);
> -       }
> -
> -       while (true) {
> -               token = strsep(&buf, ",");
> -
> -               if (!token)
> -                       break;
> -               if (!*token)
> -                       continue;
> -
> -               ret = ftrace_set_clr_event(token, 1);
> -               if (ret)
> -                       pr_warning("Failed to enable trace event: %s\n", token);
> +               if (ret < 0)
> +                       event_remove(call);
>         }
>
>         ret = register_module_notifier(&trace_module_nb);
> @@ -1523,6 +1558,7 @@ static __init int event_trace_init(void)
>
>         return 0;
>  }
> +core_initcall(event_trace_enable);
>  fs_initcall(event_trace_init);
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> index 96fc733..07b4e5a 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ int __init init_ftrace_syscalls(void)
>
>         return 0;
>  }
> -core_initcall(init_ftrace_syscalls);
> +early_initcall(init_ftrace_syscalls);
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
>
> --
> 1.7.8.6
>

Did you have time to take a look into this?
Will you be able to add it for your v3.7 pull request?
Let me know if there's something I should redo.

Thanks,
Ezequiel.
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