linux-kernel - Re: Ftrace: Static function graph not work

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Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:21:01 +0800
From:   Zong Li <zongbox@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     rostedt@...dmis.org
Subject: Re: Ftrace: Static function graph not work

ping

2017-03-23 11:28 GMT+08:00 Zong Li <zongbox@...il.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> I test the static function graph for ARM, x86 and x86_64 architecture
> on linux-3.10 and linux-4.9, and I find it works correctly only for
> x86_64 on linux-4.9.
>
> After the following commit, the function tracer also be registered
> when registering the function graph tracer.
>
> commit 2940c25bec92f40a3f7f32504b8ea115d1701892
> Author:     Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> CommitDate: Wed Dec 4 10:57:05 2013 -0800
>
>     ftrace: Fix function graph with loading of modules
>
>
> The arch-depend code implement the mcount function pseudo code like:
>
> void mcount(void)
> {
>         ...
>         if (ftrace_trace_function != ftrace_stub)
>                 goto do_trace;
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
>        if (ftrace_graph_return != ftrace_stub ||
>            ftrace_graph_entry != ftrace_graph_entry_stub)
>                ftrace_graph_caller();
> #endif
>         return;
>
> do_trace:
>         ...
> }
>
> The function pointer 'ftrace_trace_function' will not be 'ftrace_stub'
> because function tracer is registered too, so the function graph part
> will not be executed.
>
>
> On the other hand, I find the another patch to resolve this situation,
> and it is reason that x86_64 architecture can work correctly.
>
> commit 62a207d748dd9224140a634786b274fdb6ece0b9
> Author:     Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> CommitDate: Mon Nov 24 15:02:25 2014 -0500
>
>     ftrace/x86: Have static function tracing always test for function graph
>
>
> so, is this problem tending to handle by each architecture? or maybe
> it is need to solve by generic code?
>
>
> This is my first mail to mailing list, please excuse having mistake
> and let me know.
> Thank a lot !