linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/9] perf/ftrace: Check for rcu_is

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Message-ID: <20201028115613.591878956@goodmis.org>
Date:   Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:52:52 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 8/9] perf/ftrace: Check for rcu_is_watching() in callback function

From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>

If a ftrace callback requires "rcu_is_watching", then it adds the
FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU flag and it will not be called if RCU is not "watching".
But this means that it will use a trampoline when called, and this slows
down the function tracing a tad. By checking rcu_is_watching() from within
the callback, it no longer needs the RCU flag set in the ftrace_ops and it
can be safely called directly.

Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index fd58d83861d8..a2b9fddb8148 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ perf_ftrace_function_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 	int rctx;
 	int bit;
 
+	if (!rcu_is_watching())
+		return;
+
 	if ((unsigned long)ops->private != smp_processor_id())
 		return;
 
@@ -484,7 +487,6 @@ static int perf_ftrace_function_register(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct ftrace_ops *ops = &event->ftrace_ops;
 
-	ops->flags   = FTRACE_OPS_FL_RCU;
 	ops->func    = perf_ftrace_function_call;
 	ops->private = (void *)(unsigned long)nr_cpu_ids;
 
-- 
2.28.0