linux-kernel - [tip: core/rcu] ftrace: Use synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude() instead of ftrace

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Message-ID: <158923076164.390.8535049254984522740.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 20:59:21 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Paul E. McKenney" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: core/rcu] ftrace: Use synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude() instead of
 ftrace_sync()

The following commit has been merged into the core/rcu branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     e5a971d76d701dbff9e5dbaa84dc9e8c3081a867
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/e5a971d76d701dbff9e5dbaa84dc9e8c3081a867
Author:        Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 03 Apr 2020 12:10:28 -07:00
Committer:     Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:03:53 -07:00

ftrace: Use synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude() instead of ftrace_sync()

This commit replaces the schedule_on_each_cpu(ftrace_sync) instances
with synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude().

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
[ paulmck: Make Kconfig adjustments noted by kbuild test robot. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/trace/Kconfig  |  1 +
 kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 17 +++--------------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 402eef8..ae69010 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ config FUNCTION_TRACER
 	select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
 	select GLOB
 	select TASKS_RCU if PREEMPTION
+	select TASKS_RUDE_RCU
 	help
 	  Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done
 	  by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 041694a..771eace 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -160,17 +160,6 @@ static void ftrace_pid_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 	op->saved_func(ip, parent_ip, op, regs);
 }
 
-static void ftrace_sync(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	/*
-	 * This function is just a stub to implement a hard force
-	 * of synchronize_rcu(). This requires synchronizing
-	 * tasks even in userspace and idle.
-	 *
-	 * Yes, function tracing is rude.
-	 */
-}
-
 static void ftrace_sync_ipi(void *data)
 {
 	/* Probably not needed, but do it anyway */
@@ -256,7 +245,7 @@ static void update_ftrace_function(void)
 	 * Make sure all CPUs see this. Yes this is slow, but static
 	 * tracing is slow and nasty to have enabled.
 	 */
-	schedule_on_each_cpu(ftrace_sync);
+	synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude();
 	/* Now all cpus are using the list ops. */
 	function_trace_op = set_function_trace_op;
 	/* Make sure the function_trace_op is visible on all CPUs */
@@ -2932,7 +2921,7 @@ int ftrace_shutdown(struct ftrace_ops *ops, int command)
 		 * infrastructure to do the synchronization, thus we must do it
 		 * ourselves.
 		 */
-		schedule_on_each_cpu(ftrace_sync);
+		synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude();
 
 		/*
 		 * When the kernel is preeptive, tasks can be preempted
@@ -5887,7 +5876,7 @@ ftrace_graph_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		 * infrastructure to do the synchronization, thus we must do it
 		 * ourselves.
 		 */
-		schedule_on_each_cpu(ftrace_sync);
+		synchronize_rcu_tasks_rude();
 
 		free_ftrace_hash(old_hash);
 	}