From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" If the ring buffer is disabled and the irqsoff tracer records a trace it will clear out its buffer and lose the data it had previously recorded. Currently there's a callback when writing to the tracing_of file, but if tracing is disabled via the function tracer trigger, it will not inform the irqsoff tracer to stop recording. By using the "mirror" flag (buffer_disabled) in the trace_array, that keeps track of the status of the trace_array's buffer, it gives the irqsoff tracer a fast way to know if it should record a new trace or not. The flag may be a little behind the real state of the buffer, but it should not affect the trace too much. It's more important for the irqsoff tracer to be fast. Reported-by: Dave Jones Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/trace.c | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c | 4 +- 2 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c index c4c9296..0dc5071 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c @@ -226,9 +226,24 @@ cycle_t ftrace_now(int cpu) return ts; } +/** + * tracing_is_enabled - Show if global_trace has been disabled + * + * Shows if the global trace has been enabled or not. It uses the + * mirror flag "buffer_disabled" to be used in fast paths such as for + * the irqsoff tracer. But it may be inaccurate due to races. If you + * need to know the accurate state, use tracing_is_on() which is a little + * slower, but accurate. + */ int tracing_is_enabled(void) { - return tracing_is_on(); + /* + * For quick access (irqsoff uses this in fast path), just + * return the mirror variable of the state of the ring buffer. + * It's a little racy, but we don't really care. + */ + smp_rmb(); + return !global_trace.buffer_disabled; } /* @@ -341,6 +356,23 @@ unsigned long trace_flags = TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT | TRACE_ITER_PRINTK | TRACE_ITER_GRAPH_TIME | TRACE_ITER_RECORD_CMD | TRACE_ITER_OVERWRITE | TRACE_ITER_IRQ_INFO | TRACE_ITER_MARKERS | TRACE_ITER_FUNCTION; +void tracer_tracing_on(struct trace_array *tr) +{ + if (tr->trace_buffer.buffer) + ring_buffer_record_on(tr->trace_buffer.buffer); + /* + * This flag is looked at when buffers haven't been allocated + * yet, or by some tracers (like irqsoff), that just want to + * know if the ring buffer has been disabled, but it can handle + * races of where it gets disabled but we still do a record. + * As the check is in the fast path of the tracers, it is more + * important to be fast than accurate. + */ + tr->buffer_disabled = 0; + /* Make the flag seen by readers */ + smp_wmb(); +} + /** * tracing_on - enable tracing buffers * @@ -349,15 +381,7 @@ unsigned long trace_flags = TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT | TRACE_ITER_PRINTK | */ void tracing_on(void) { - if (global_trace.trace_buffer.buffer) - ring_buffer_record_on(global_trace.trace_buffer.buffer); - /* - * This flag is only looked at when buffers haven't been - * allocated yet. We don't really care about the race - * between setting this flag and actually turning - * on the buffer. - */ - global_trace.buffer_disabled = 0; + tracer_tracing_on(&global_trace); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_on); @@ -551,6 +575,23 @@ void tracing_snapshot_alloc(void) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot_alloc); #endif /* CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT */ +void tracer_tracing_off(struct trace_array *tr) +{ + if (tr->trace_buffer.buffer) + ring_buffer_record_off(tr->trace_buffer.buffer); + /* + * This flag is looked at when buffers haven't been allocated + * yet, or by some tracers (like irqsoff), that just want to + * know if the ring buffer has been disabled, but it can handle + * races of where it gets disabled but we still do a record. + * As the check is in the fast path of the tracers, it is more + * important to be fast than accurate. + */ + tr->buffer_disabled = 1; + /* Make the flag seen by readers */ + smp_wmb(); +} + /** * tracing_off - turn off tracing buffers * @@ -561,15 +602,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot_alloc); */ void tracing_off(void) { - if (global_trace.trace_buffer.buffer) - ring_buffer_record_off(global_trace.trace_buffer.buffer); - /* - * This flag is only looked at when buffers haven't been - * allocated yet. We don't really care about the race - * between setting this flag and actually turning - * on the buffer. - */ - global_trace.buffer_disabled = 1; + tracer_tracing_off(&global_trace); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_off); @@ -580,13 +613,24 @@ void disable_trace_on_warning(void) } /** + * tracer_tracing_is_on - show real state of ring buffer enabled + * @tr : the trace array to know if ring buffer is enabled + * + * Shows real state of the ring buffer if it is enabled or not. + */ +int tracer_tracing_is_on(struct trace_array *tr) +{ + if (tr->trace_buffer.buffer) + return ring_buffer_record_is_on(tr->trace_buffer.buffer); + return !tr->buffer_disabled; +} + +/** * tracing_is_on - show state of ring buffers enabled */ int tracing_is_on(void) { - if (global_trace.trace_buffer.buffer) - return ring_buffer_record_is_on(global_trace.trace_buffer.buffer); - return !global_trace.buffer_disabled; + return tracer_tracing_is_on(&global_trace); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_is_on); @@ -3958,7 +4002,7 @@ static int tracing_wait_pipe(struct file *filp) * * iter->pos will be 0 if we haven't read anything. */ - if (!tracing_is_enabled() && iter->pos) + if (!tracing_is_on() && iter->pos) break; } @@ -5631,15 +5675,10 @@ rb_simple_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos) { struct trace_array *tr = filp->private_data; - struct ring_buffer *buffer = tr->trace_buffer.buffer; char buf[64]; int r; - if (buffer) - r = ring_buffer_record_is_on(buffer); - else - r = 0; - + r = tracer_tracing_is_on(tr); r = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", r); return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r); @@ -5661,11 +5700,11 @@ rb_simple_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, if (buffer) { mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock); if (val) { - ring_buffer_record_on(buffer); + tracer_tracing_on(tr); if (tr->current_trace->start) tr->current_trace->start(tr); } else { - ring_buffer_record_off(buffer); + tracer_tracing_off(tr); if (tr->current_trace->stop) tr->current_trace->stop(tr); } diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c index b19d065..2aefbee 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ start_critical_timing(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip) struct trace_array_cpu *data; unsigned long flags; - if (likely(!tracer_enabled)) + if (!tracer_enabled || !tracing_is_enabled()) return; cpu = raw_smp_processor_id(); @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ stop_critical_timing(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip) else return; - if (!tracer_enabled) + if (!tracer_enabled || !tracing_is_enabled()) return; data = per_cpu_ptr(tr->trace_buffer.data, cpu); -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/