linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 4/4] ftrace: Add an option for tracing console latencies

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Message-Id: <20191008220824.7911-5-viktor.rosendahl@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed,  9 Oct 2019 00:08:24 +0200
From:   "Viktor Rosendahl (BMW)" <viktor.rosendahl@...il.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        "Viktor Rosendahl (BMW)" <viktor.rosendahl@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 4/4] ftrace: Add an option for tracing console latencies

This new trace option "console-latency" will enable the latency
tracers to trace the console latencies. Previously this has always been
implicitely disabled. I guess this is because they are considered
to be well known and unavoidable.

However, for some organizations it may nevertheless be desirable to
trace them. Basically, we want to be able to tell that there are
latencies in the system under test because someone has incorrectly
enabled the serial console.

Signed-off-by: Viktor Rosendahl (BMW) <viktor.rosendahl@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/irqflags.h     | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/printk/printk.c       |  6 ++++--
 kernel/trace/trace.h         |  1 +
 kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/irqflags.h b/include/linux/irqflags.h
index 21619c92c377..3de891723331 100644
--- a/include/linux/irqflags.h
+++ b/include/linux/irqflags.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define _LINUX_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_H
 
 #include <linux/typecheck.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <asm/irqflags.h>
 
 /* Currently trace_softirqs_on/off is used only by lockdep */
@@ -68,9 +69,30 @@ do {						\
 	defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_TRACER)
  extern void stop_critical_timings(void);
  extern void start_critical_timings(void);
+ extern bool console_tracing_disabled(void);
+
+# define console_stop_critical_timings(flag)		\
+	do {						\
+		typecheck(bool, flag);			\
+		flag = console_tracing_disabled();	\
+		if (flag)				\
+			stop_critical_timings();	\
+	} while (0)
+
+# define console_start_critical_timings(flag)		 \
+	do {						 \
+		typecheck(bool, flag);			 \
+		if (flag)				 \
+			start_critical_timings();	 \
+	} while (0)
+
 #else
 # define stop_critical_timings() do { } while (0)
 # define start_critical_timings() do { } while (0)
+# define console_stop_critical_timings(flag)	\
+	do { typecheck(bool, flag); } while (0)
+# define console_start_critical_timings(flag)	\
+	do { typecheck(bool, flag); } while (0)
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index ca65327a6de8..f27e96273453 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2369,6 +2369,7 @@ void console_unlock(void)
 	static char ext_text[CONSOLE_EXT_LOG_MAX];
 	static char text[LOG_LINE_MAX + PREFIX_MAX];
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool cflag;
 	bool do_cond_resched, retry;
 
 	if (console_suspended) {
@@ -2469,9 +2470,10 @@ void console_unlock(void)
 		 */
 		console_lock_spinning_enable();
 
-		stop_critical_timings();	/* don't trace print latency */
+		/* don't trace print latency if it's disabled */
+		console_stop_critical_timings(cflag);
 		call_console_drivers(ext_text, ext_len, text, len);
-		start_critical_timings();
+		console_start_critical_timings(cflag);
 
 		if (console_lock_spinning_disable_and_check()) {
 			printk_safe_exit_irqrestore(flags);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 591c7a873235..10d12c8f7f77 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1261,6 +1261,7 @@ extern int trace_get_user(struct trace_parser *parser, const char __user *ubuf,
 		C(PRINTK_MSGONLY,	"printk-msg-only"),	\
 		C(CONTEXT_INFO,		"context-info"),   /* Print pid/cpu/time */ \
 		C(LATENCY_FMT,		"latency-format"),	\
+		C(CONSOLE_LATENCY,	"console-latency"),	\
 		C(RECORD_CMD,		"record-cmd"),		\
 		C(RECORD_TGID,		"record-tgid"),		\
 		C(OVERWRITE,		"overwrite"),		\
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
index a745b0cee5d3..576e2162114e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
@@ -456,6 +456,24 @@ void stop_critical_timings(void)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stop_critical_timings);
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(stop_critical_timings);
 
+bool console_tracing_disabled(void)
+{
+	struct trace_array *tr = irqsoff_trace;
+	int pc = preempt_count();
+
+	/*
+	 * If tracing is disabled, then the question of whether to trace console
+	 * latencies is moot. By always returning false here we save the caller
+	 * the calls to start/stop_critical_timings(). These calls would not do
+	 * anything anyway.
+	 */
+	if (!preempt_trace(pc) && !irq_trace())
+		return false;
+
+	return !(tr->trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_CONSOLE_LATENCY);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(console_tracing_disabled);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
 static bool function_enabled;
 
-- 
2.17.1